It's not about the furniture 81,85,86, MIL email 90, 102
UD 5-18,25,31,32, 36, 37, 41, 50, 54, 58, 62,63,64,65 I will preface this by saying that I realize I needed to have a spine years ago and have made MANY mistakes with my MIL but I am trying to rehab...
View ArticleIn-Law Annoyance Strikes Again - Update pg. 2, 4, 6
The backround is that my in-laws are my BECs. They are very different from my family. The are boring, don't ask DH and I about our lives and don't seem to like me much. MIL has no sense of when...
View ArticleHow long is your husband's memory?
Okay - so - some know my background, some do not, some know just enough to be dangerous. To summarize, MIL is an exhausting whackadoo, always has been. I was a sterotypical "Sassy Southern Lady". DH...
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Financial responsibility to family
I have been silently lurking for a while. While the below post isn't the reason I lurk (waiting to post that) I am wondering if the below question is acceptable for this group since it does not...
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Kids Deprioritized - long, triggers. UD 9, 16, 20, 24, 26, 31, 32, 47, 51,...
I am a long-time comment-er and member, but not really any BG. I apologize for so much BG here for a relatively small issue; I wasn't sure how much was relevant. I am the older daughter, my younger...
View ArticlePassive aggressive about maiden name. UD 15
I got married, and didn't change my last name. Been married a while, this is nothing new. My mom, who jumps at every chance to make me look bad or to try and control me, has booked me and LO a ticket...
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Was I rude?
BG: my family and I moved 6 months ago for husbands job. We are renting a very small apartment (2 beds, 1 bath for 4 people). It was the only rental available in the school district we wanted. We are...
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Convo re MIL, and DH runs off? Therapy UD 16, 41, 49, 55, marriage counseling 60
Very upset right now. Months ago, DH and I agreed that we would not tell anyone when I went into labor. It seemed like a non issue. Today, I come home from work and DH tells me he saw his mother....
View ArticlePie Pan MOO: UD 122, Notice & more 130's-140's, MOO News 158
Original post on 10/06/15. Updates:2,3,7,8,10,12,14-20,24,26,27, 31, 34, 35, (trigger) 36, 38, car door 41, Pie pan 47, Christmas visit requests 61, 63,64, 68, text 71, side track friend 72-73, SIL 75,...
View ArticleDH and I Arguing about FOO Staying with Us
My FOB and step mom are moving out of state at the beginning of March. My FOO is a manager of a company where I live and where he is moving too and has to come where I live 1 week out of the month. We...
View ArticleFuture holiday drama, Question pg. 3; 4
BG: I grew up in (what I thought was) a very supportive and caring family. That changed when I met DH, of whom my parents did not approve. They did and said so many hurtful things, and were so...
View ArticleMIL offended we are leaving her flea-ridden house
Long-time lurker, first-time poster. The title sort of speaks for itself. Long story short, my husband was abruptly laid off from his job. He was our only income, as I SAH with my two daughters. No...
View ArticleMIL "feelings hurt" over our birth plan and recovery period
I have posted here before about my BEC and controlling MIL. After some seriou discussion with my DH, he had grown some balls and is 100% by my side and supports me and what I want. MIL has been quiet...
View ArticleFIL let my 5 year old watch Poltergeist *LONG*
Please tell me I'm not crazy. My in laws are both are manipulators. They work as a team. There have been many incidents but the latest is that my FIL let our 5 year old daughter watch parts of...
View ArticleMIL response to me not wanting visitors postpartum was appalling. update pg 9
My birth plan is simple. I don't want visitors during birth and postpartum at least for a couple Days so dh and I can do bonding time. I feel There will be plenty of family time later after he's born...
View ArticleMIL babytalk to DH
I went ANON for this. I was embarrassed asking, not sure if it's because I think it's weird, or I am making a big deal out of nothing. So my MIL will baby talk to my DH (he's almost 30) she calls him...
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My baby is 5months, we went to my mom's place for a month and now he is not friendly with my husband's parents as we stay with them. He stays with them. Play with them for half an hour and come back in...
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Am I doing the right thing??
Hi all Sorry in advance for this being so lengthy, just wanted to be thorough. Ok, so although my IL's can be very nice people and typically aren't too bothersome/leave DH and I alone for the most...
View ArticleShe showed up
My mother whom I cut off 3 yrs ago just showed up at my daughters high school meet
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