FMIL, FSIL boundary stomping...
BG: DuF and I have been together 2 years in June. His family lives 600 miles away in a different state. FMIL is absolutely BSC and his 16 y/o sister is following in her footsteps. DuF was verbally and...
View ArticleThe Best of the Worst Advice thread
Some gems from my IL/FOO MIL: Don't ever get married (I already was... to her son) Mom: Well, if he wont take breast milk from the bottle, you should give him water Cousin: You should let sick people...
View ArticleMIL/GMIL being PA?
Today is MIL's birthday, so I just texted her "Happy Birthday!!! Hope you're having a wonderful day! 🎁🎉" Nothing big, she didn't even acknowledge my birthday ON my birthday, instead told me happy...
View ArticlePre-Mother's Day Drama
If anyone's interested, here's a link to the BG: http://community.babycenter.com/post/a48957091/help_me_help_duh_with_letter_to_mil?cpg=3&pd=-1 Basically DH sent MIL a text saying if she couldn't...
View ArticleHow common is it, really, for grandparents to buy their own baby stuff?
Eh I know that the "results" from this board might be pretty skewed from normal, but it seems like I see lots of posts about grandparents who do everything from have their own showers... to buy a few...
View ArticleAdvice needed, sent over from May 14 *UPDATE PG 7*
Vent, long.... So DH calls me on his break like always and tells me he talked to his mother today. Cool so what's up I ask. Oh she just wants to know if she can have Ds for a week over the summer. She...
View Articlecrazy mother in law suffocating me
I'm new from another baby site and got told about this site being bigger and better with advice. I lurked and read the sticky. So I am prepared to get responses from all angles. I''ll try to not make...
View ArticleInvited ILs on Mother's Day Hike - UPDATE 6, 8,10,11 w/ ?
New screen name for anonymity, been here for about a year. This is 100% my problem, and this post will be longish. Sorry, tl;dr at the end. Communicating with my in laws is always a struggle. They make...
View ArticleI screwed up my entire family with my "spite baby". Sorry its Really Long
This is my first post, I usually lurk (because reading these makes me feel better that I'm not the only one with a crazy ass MOO) So a little background, my mom and I have never really seen eye to eye...
View ArticleNot ILs, but my landlord severely boundary stomped while I was out of town -_-
Since we moved in to her dead mom's estate home, our landlord has been an absolute dream to be around.. she thinks of me as a daughter and buys us things for baby whenever she thinks of us and has done...
View ArticleIf its not one its the other
So MIL is on a LONG TO over baby BBQ drama. Now my Dh father( not MILS current husband) bg: Dh mom and dad are divorced MIL lives on the main land with her DH and FIL lives in Hawaii with his DW. Ok...
View ArticleOT-How to respond to PE teacher work Comments
My first thought was write an email because it was way out of line. My second thought was I can't say anything because she will have this teacher for 4 more years. Third thought...welll damn,,I am a...
View ArticleDoing things out of obligation to family? (poll)
Do you ever do things out of obligation to your family members? For example, a close relative has a birthday party which you don't really want to attend but feel like you need to show up as it's...
View ArticleWhat did you see today that made you think of DWIL Part 3
Long time lurker, created an account for the sole purpose of sharing on part 2 of this thread, only to see it had been killed only a couple of hours earlier :( So, if you'll allow this lurker to start,...
View ArticleMother's Day flowers--- unleashed Mil's crazy side.......help.
So the title says it all. Based on my dumb decision, I found it thoughtful (because my sister and I sent our mother flower every year for Mother's Day) to send mil and gmail flowers for Mother's Day....
View Articlecontrolling overbearing over opinionated MIL
how would you handle a MIL who questions everything you do and has something to say about everything? including how your new apartment is decorated? we just moved and i hung/placed all new pictures of...
View ArticleHusband Beatdown, Easter Edition
Hi everyone, I am a long time lurker, and a first time poster. I'm sorry if this is long, and a jumbled mess. I am trying my hardest to write it in a way that flows! This was my favorite board to read...
View ArticleHow to prepare for IL visit this summer
My MIL and FIL are planning on visiting my DH and I in early August after DH comes home from his training. It's been a year since we last saw them. They will be staying in a hotel and it will only be...
View ArticleIs it wrong to not tell/call family
My 6 year old is in the hospital with a bone infection . He's been admitted to a hospital near my in laws house. We live about 90 miles away . I haven't told them because anytime any of my kids are in...
View ArticleBest of mil crazy request
I'm a SAHM now and I have a lot of time on my hands. Thought would be fun to start a post to see all the crazy request mil or other family members had. Ill start. The newest one: My dh family is coming...
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