Hormones or is CO the way to go? (LONG, sorry!)
BG: I'm the only child of a single-parent mom. We shared a house with my GPs and it created blurry boundaries. I could roll my eyes before husband and kids, but holy shit once I got pregnant with my...
View ArticleSigh, here goes........
Me and DH are pregnant with our first child. Took us 10.5 years to get here along with fertility treatment and it's finally here. My sister just announced yesterday she's pregnant with child number 3...
View ArticleMIL snips cahones at front door, rant.
Today was my LO's first birthday. My MIL invited us to have it at her house. I thought that was a good idea since we live in a 1BR apartment, so there's not much room here. LO was basically in my MIL's...
View ArticleCO SIL update
Her is the BG link http://community.babycenter.com/post/a42569560/co_sil_advice_needed. jSo CPS FINALLY did their job! SHe got arrested and charged with child neglect and various other charges....
View ArticleI think I dropped the ball.(sorry long)
I am pretty sure I messed up with my last trip to L&D in regards to my fmil. BG: SO and I have been together going on 6 years. She has never liked me and I hate her equally. She has tried the p/a...
View ArticleMy CO dad.....grrrrrrr
Okay so for some BG my dad was never in my life. He was until I was 3 (none of it do I remember) and then he dicorced my mom and took off for about 16-20 years. I saw him maybe 5 times in all those...
View ArticleAfter the fight: Talk it out or pretend it never happened
I don't typically post here since I'm usually pretty good at quarantining myself from extended family drama, but I'm needing some inlaws advice. This is going to be a novel, but I'm trying to...
View ArticleIt is forever in my heart
That my mom once told me my DF isn't good enough for me (My mom is totally non-boundary stomping hippie great advise giving great women that I asked "honestly do you think he is good enough for me")...
View ArticleILs avoiding us...should I speak up?
Thanks to you ladies (and gentlemen) of DWIL, I found my voice and learned to ask for the respect I deserve...now, I need some advice on dealing with the fallout. I'll try to keep the background brief,...
View ArticleOoooh no. Nonono.
Ahem. Generally speaking, I am pretty good about shutting down intrusive family members (admitedly, by means fair or foul). But I also have a bit of the superman syndrome, ie a serious need to save the...
View ArticleGetting Homeless Mom Help....
This is long, and I will apologize for that at the start. I just need some outside opinions. Where do you even start with a parent who is chronically homeless? Is there a place you can take an adult...
View ArticleADHD??!?
Short BG, BF's aunt recently passed and the memorial was on Friday June 14. On the Thurs night his dad came into town and was staying at his moms house. BF's dad wanted to visit our LO so we said yes....
View ArticleOT - forbidden DWIL word used in title and story
This happened a couple weeks ago - I posted on my FB page - but thought I should share it here. At work, one of my coworkers was talking about his XW. Telling one story after another culminating with...
View ArticleStupid in laws
Maybe it's me sometimes just wanting to give people the benefit of a doubt but anyone else wonder out there if their ILs are just really dense or if they truly want their son/daughter to be happy? For...
View ArticleSet me straight PLEASE
I know you all will tell it like it is so I need some advice... My hubby and I with our 3 kids live several states away from any family.. We are very close with my hubby's family and love them very...
View ArticleOT: should mil/fil pay for flight and hotel to SILs wedding?
SIL is having what I'm calling a "destination wedding". It's not to some exotic place, but it's more than halfway across the United States from where we all live. I am a bridesmaid, DH is a groomsman...
View ArticleAm i just on bce mode or is this weird?
Go well I am on bec with my sil my duhs sister, she been on to/ lc for a month or two can't remember since its been like heaven, sad but true. But it hasn't stooped her from trying to boundary stomp,...
View ArticleTo tell or not to tell MIL? LONG
Been a lurker to this group for awhile, rarely comment and this is my first post to the group. I've read the sticky and have my bgp on so let me have it ladies :) BG; My DH and I met back in 2008, we...
View ArticleMIL Smokes - How to Deal?
My MIL and each of her four sisters are cigarette smokers. We aren't usually around the sisters, but when we do get together for holidays, etc., there's a lot of smoking going on. They don't smoke...
View ArticleDealing with MIL
In comparison to some of the post on here, I have it good. But, that woman gets under my skin so bad. Examples: - About a month after marrying DH, she out of the blue tells me she doesn't want to be a...
View Article