IL's on delivery day ...grrr longgg
Okay so I'm due April 20th, and I'd like to start by giving some background. Well dh didn't meet his father until 6 years ago. He's 25. By the time he met his father, he remarried and had two other...
View ArticleWhat to do now? Long.
DH & I need advice. Background been married 12 years, together 17. Started to set some boundaries after a bad Christmas visit with IL when we had 3 small children but have mostly been...
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Here goes nothing. *first DWIL post*
After posting some crazy things about my MIL on my birth board some of the lovely mommas suggested I come lurk over here for a little while. After doing so I've decided it's time to get all the crazy...
View ArticleNeed help with what to say in the moment UD Pg 11
Decided to start a new thread because the last one went off topic. Will post link UD: So it's T-minus a little more than a week till we move states/I start new job. DH's job is going very well (he was...
View ArticleMIL upset we won't spend Easter & LO's b-day with her. --update: pg 4,...
My LO's birthday is on Easter Sunday this year. We have plans for an out of town trip that weekend. MIL lives 5 hours away and has, apparently, made plans to stay with BIL that weekend for a big...
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My dad is trying to force his mistress into my life.
I have read the sticky and been lurking on DWIL for a couple of years now. Background: In August 2014 we found out that my dad was having an affair after 33 years of marriage to my mom. He had been...
View ArticleCan't let anger go...help! **UPDATE pg. 7**
So three months ago my MIL came to visit (she lives about six hours away luckily) and stayed at my house. My baby was a month and a half at the time. I've had issues with her in the past but have been...
View ArticleDad told my husband I am psychotic. ud pg 9, q pg 12
My parents are devout LDS and not reacting well to the news that I don't believe in the church and no longer want to go. I tried to stop going back in 2005 but was eventually pressured back into going...
View ArticleStress!! MIL wants to visit at 37 weeks
This my first post here. So I now 32 weeks pregnant and I will be having a c-section for my second child, with my son I had it at 37 weeks I am not sure when I will have it this time. My MIL just...
View ArticleFed up. Want to move out
So half a year ago husband bought us a new house with the MIL apartment attached ( she has bedroom, kitchen , bathroom , and living room ) She crossed all the boundaries there could be . She is...
View ArticleI'm only 4 months preggo but....delivery of 1st LO and ILs on my mind!
I can't stop thinking about this....my DH said there's no way he's going to ask his family to not come to the hospital and it's tradition that they attend all births but honestly I only want my DH and...
View ArticleFriends treat me badly because husband controlling??
I wanted to post this here because I feel I will get best responses. bg: So I moved to ontario from the states when I got married to DH at 20 years old. I was happy, got pregnant with DS1 and met some...
View ArticleSIL and cats destroying furniture
Trying to unlearn the "people pleaser" and doormat lessons I grew up with, so thought I'd turn here for advice. My SIL lives with us. Prior to this, we travelled together and got along just fine,...
View ArticleMIL Keeps asking to stop breastfeeding
My mother in law is SUPER annoying. Since my LO turned one she keeps inquiring when I'm going to stop breastfeeding. My response is usually I don't know then tense silence follows. She asks every time....
View ArticleFed up. Want to move out ...Update Page 9
So half a year ago husband bought us a new house with the MIL apartment attached ( she has bedroom, kitchen , bathroom , and living room ) She crossed all the boundaries there could be . She is...
View ArticleMore Cringe-worthy Crazy from MIL
I'm on the app so I can't post background, but I've posted on DWIL twice before so if anyone else can add links that would be awesome. Basic BG: I have 3 children with ExH and I'm currently 5 pregnant...
View ArticleNeed advice on DuH and IL issues *trigger
I've been lurking but my username was too obvious and I finally feel ready to post. Long history of issues with ILs but my DH demands he and the children have a relationship with them. He is from a...
View ArticleResentment
I've posted on here before but am going going anonymous bc I am so embarrassed on how I feel. BG: DH family is CO. My DH is doing well with handling it. I am having a hard time. I am very uncomfortable...
View ArticleMOO Guilt Trip, Update p. 2
My husband recently accepted a position working in another state. It is a great opportunity for him. It is also in a family friendly area, with good schools, a favorable housing market, and a climate...
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MIL Coming for two days after LO is born...
So at Christmas my MIL cornered me and asked me if she could come and "help" for two days after DS is born. I said, "Maybe, I'll think about it. I guess so." Well that ment yes to her. So now she is...
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