I have standard MIL issues. She went a little crazy over DS but she loves him and she is definitely not the worst I've seen here.
I'm african american and DH is white. She has never been weird about race aside from constantly trying to touch my hair.
DS (4 months) is a lovely nut brown color and he has gotten darker over time. MIL is obsessed with his skin color. Several relatives have informed me that she has taken to calling him a little BROWNIE.
Ummm. I guess this could be a term if endearment, but I notice that she's never dared to call DS that in front of me. I'm pretty uncomfortable with it because I don't want him growing up self conscious about his skin color. What say you DWIL? Nip this in the bud?
I'm african american and DH is white. She has never been weird about race aside from constantly trying to touch my hair.
DS (4 months) is a lovely nut brown color and he has gotten darker over time. MIL is obsessed with his skin color. Several relatives have informed me that she has taken to calling him a little BROWNIE.
Ummm. I guess this could be a term if endearment, but I notice that she's never dared to call DS that in front of me. I'm pretty uncomfortable with it because I don't want him growing up self conscious about his skin color. What say you DWIL? Nip this in the bud?