MIL ruining vacation
I'm a long time lurker and I've changed my screen name because like an idiot I used my real name. I'm going to get flamed hard for this but I want to validate whether I should suck it up and deal when...
View ArticleFOO wants to take my teenagers swimsuit shopping--NO
I've been lurking here for a while. I just want to run this scenario by you guys for a sanity check.... My dad and his wife (I don't call her my stepmother b/c she is 15 months older than me) asked...
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I LOVE having our own house!!!
MIL lived with us for 6 years... It was pure hell and would take pages to cover.... Well in December we bought our first house and she bought the house next door. Fast forward to today... We just got...
View ArticleAm I wrong, or visit a bad idea?
Here's the issue: DH's family (MIL & GMIL) live across the country from us. He wants to fly down and visit this summer because he's "homesick" and hasn't seen them in 3-5 years. I am in the 1st...
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Mentally ill MIL claiming she bought our house
Background: DH is an only child. He was born in Tunis (North Africa) with glaucoma. His mother somehow, in a time before the Internet was widely available, managed to come to the US to get him in to...
View ArticleNeed help explaining to DUH why I want a TO
Background here: http://community.babycenter.com/post/a57494683/?cpg=0#c0 This will be long, but background is necessary since I have not posted in the past 10 months about the birth day fiasco. Birth...
View ArticleIndian MIL- bossy and needy
MIL has been constantly ill since we got married. She feels that my husband will leave her in old age. She is only 60 but 60 is old in a third world country we come from. Also, DILs are not respected...
View ArticleThe "Just Family" Picture
So...I don't know if this is annoying or if it's just me. Over Mother's Day, my MIL asked to have a picture with my daughter, my SIL (who is not married and doesn't have kids), her and her mother. So...
View ArticleNeed Advice - family making last two weeks extra difficult! SORRY IT'S LONG!
I am hoping to get a bit of advice on my FOO issues. Firstly - I am estranged from my stepmom and half sister since the death of my father 6 years ago, basically again due to their narcissism (my dad...
View ArticleHow to stop the info train?
This is my first time posting. Read the sticky. How do I get my sil (dh brothers wife) to slow the info train? Bg: I don't really enjoy her presence. We get "along", because I fake it. She doesn't...
View ArticleITO: blackmail for avocados
This is my first post on this board, I’ve been lurking the past few weeks, I read the sticky & I value your blunt advice. I can give more history if needed, but I’m looking for advice on how my DH...
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Advice Needed *TRIGGER* loss of child mention
Let me preface by saying I've been lurking for some time. I have a whole host of family, dh, and il issues i could use perspective on from a father who sexual abused me when I was younger to a drug...
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Sort of OT: Books about Resentment
I hope it's ok to post this question here. (Queens, let me know if this is too OT or if I should post elsewhere.) Does anybody have any recs for books, websites, etc. about moving past resentment? I am...
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MIL- need advice please, thank you!
I am in need of some advice. I have a 6 year old that isn't my husbands son, he treats him like his own. he has been in his life since he was 2. Now my problem is my MIL ever since I had LO in February...
View ArticleMil issues
Ok long story short mil is ignoring my wishes for my labor that will be Tuesday . She is ignoring the fact that I want my privacy and she ignored the fact that I told her not to tell anyone and even...
View ArticleMy brother's wedding - do I addresses this? BG 18, 31-33; Noms 46, 77; Update...
Long time lurker, but I'm not a parent yet and didn't have a reason to create an account until now. I have read The Sticky. I have my big girl pants on and would love any input you are willing to...
View ArticleCousin Making Everything About Her *TRIGGER*
*TRIGGER* DS nearly drowned over the weekend. He was pushed into the deep end by an older kid and freaked when he realized he couldn't touch the bottom. DH had to jump in to get him. A chest x-ray...
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Not About in laws. Trigger***mention of stillborn***
This is about my own biological family. My dad just had a heart attack Saturday. My dad left the hospital shortly after surgery bc well he "had to get to work", technically he shouldn't of left being...
View ArticleMIL is obsessed with "teaching" things
Every time my MIL spends time with our son she claims to have taught him something. Sometimes it's something small, like what stripes are, and sometimes it's something really obnoxious, like "how to...
View ArticleMIL Ambush!! 40, 44, 45, 48, 51, 53 Grampa coming, 54, 58 GFIL respond. all...
BG: http://community.babycenter.com/post/a51918541/awkward_update_and_warning_bells_p8_p7_p6_p4_p3_3_days_and_fms_and_more Things have been fairly quiet other then the random texts to SO that vary...
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