Grandchildren favoritism
How do you deal with a grand parent favoring one of you children over the other? My mother only ever seems to be interested in my four year old ds, and pretty much ignores my 11 mo. She lives 5 hours...
View ArticleBean dip didn't work!
So a few weeks ago dh and I went to visit both sets of parents. We live far away from them so we tend to always see both when we visit. We were at my parents about 3 days and on the last day my mom...
View ArticleLong MIL Visits
Hi ladies! This is a vent because I don't know where else to take this. My mother-in-law lives on the other side of the country. For the last year, she has visited 3 times. Each getting longer. It had...
View ArticleMIL, Boundaries, and Updates (10) Unicorns and a poll (14)
BG: FIL had accident 6 years ago, is in a persistent vegetative state. MIL takes care of him at home. FIL left a huge tax mess tangled with our stuff because FIL / DH were in business together (now...
View Article1 week old baby, MIL's first visit
I just had a baby a week ago, and my MIL is coming to visit from out of state for the first time. I'm a FTM, so maybe I'm a little paranoid about things. MIL has to travel 3 hours on a plane to get...
View ArticleMil confronted me. UD 5,6,12,18,24,26. Here come the BSC need help! 28 Screen...
My MIL confronted me and I need advice on how to tell my SO. On Saturday we went to a party for SO uncle. SO and FIL were off playing a game, I was sitting with MIL and my lo. Lo is 8 months. After...
View ArticleMy Sisters Wedding WWYD up pg 11 eff it pg 12
My sister is getting married in 3 weeks and she has made it explicitly clear no kids. This is fine, her wedding, her rules, I respect that. My baby is 7 months old and VERY attached to me. She plays...
View ArticleAm I being unreasonable
DH's grandmothers birthday is today. I ask him how long we are staying for a visit because I have a few other things I want to get done today. Okay fine I want to go play Pokemon go at a park and let...
View ArticleReady to CO BOO. Now what?
Hello, I have some previous background which I will link below (hopefully I'm doing it right) http://community.babycenter.com/post/a63482866/i-know-i-am-being-a-brat-but-how-do-i-get-over-this I was...
View Articlenormal comment 29,31, 32, 33, 35, ? 38, 40, 44, 46, 48 md text 50, new ? 52
Updates 7, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22 Every time we see my dad he always asks if I have a passport for my daughter. He is constantly joking that he is going to take her to Europe if I'm not looking. It is kind...
View ArticlePut MIL in TO-feeling unsure
Long time lurker with new name because I used my real name on my normal account. I have had issues with MIL since ODD was born. I have been a complete doormat and let her get away with a lot of thing...
View ArticleMoney comments from MIL
My MIL comes from a culture where it is seems common to directly ask how much you paid for something. Add to that limited English skills so her questioning comes out rather obnoxiously direct ("How...
View ArticleMIL thinks her BPD and addiction issues justify stressing my pregnancy.
My MIL has multiple addictions (pills, alcohol, street drugs) and bipolar disorder. She comes to my home to visit her son and our 4yr old and usually ends up leaving lashing out at me -accusing me of...
View ArticleMIL irritates me so much
Posted in my birth board but I wanted to get more advice and add more detail about MIL. Background on MIL & DH family: Ever since we've been together, they've always said that we do too much . When...
View ArticleDF's "lovely" family and our upcoming wedding
I’ve posted about my heinous FMIL before. **Triggers in the post and in the comments of my previous post.** TL;DR version is that she turned into Hagatha after our son died. She tried to control my...
View ArticleMe against MIL and her church goons
I am due in October already I am getting word my MIL and her church friends are making plans to take turns holding my baby during church service. I didnt allow anyone to hold DD much and got bad...
View ArticleMIL is driving me nuts.....i really need help with this
Since the beginning of my pregnancy my MIL has been pushing my buttons. And this past week I've just had enough. 1st. I went to the hospital Friday because i had a little scare, and shw told my husband...
View ArticleA question from a MIL here?
Once upon a time I had a MIL, (she has passed) so I can relate to a lot of the complaints here. Now, I hav a question for the DILs out there. I have a DIL. She has been married to my son one year. She...
View ArticleWe're not good enough to keep SIL's kids- what should we do?
Background: I have some weird stuff with my MOO that I've posted about (that can be managed but never fixed) but I've never thought about posting about inlaws. My MIL is awesome in that she NEVER...
View ArticleI'm going to cut you off! Pg 6, Pg 8, 13, 14, BABY! 17, fm sil 20, help with...
I have another thread here about a multi family vacation. This thread is about my mil who was with us. I don't spend a to of time with her but there were some things that annoyed me while she was here....
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