MIL trying to guilt DH... Need advice
Lurker for awhile, first post. I have a very strained relationship with my MIL and after a blow up months ago, I do not have any email, text or phone contact with her. I do see her typically once a...
View ArticleED going BSC WWYD? Trigger warning BG p.2 UD p.3
After tonight's BSC meltdown tonight however, not only is she CO but I wonder if I could call and have her put under some kind of psychiatric evaluation? She took a text message out of context and...
View ArticleEmmeshed..can't say NO to my mom
I believe I have a problem. I'm not sure my relationship with my mom is normal at this point. We have grown to be very close after a few years of fall outs. We talk on the phone multiple times a day...
View ArticleUnexpected visitors
Sorry in advance for this being so long Bg My husband and I currently are stationed in Texas, we're originally from Florida which is where both of our families live. His mother is overly involved in...
View ArticleAnyone else find this weird?
A bit of BG: My mil can be okay to be around. She's dense. Seriously. She just doesn't get logic sometimes. She has a history of feeding our 9 mo old things and we've finally nipped that in the bud. So...
View ArticleHoarder
So future MIL is a hoarder, it's not garbage but it's not clean and dusted either. I've been cleaning it for over a year when I moved in because of financial troubles DF and I are both in college and...
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 Articlevacation with in laws at 25 weeks preg
Yes I will be spending a week in FL with my in-laws. Not exactly the vacation of my dreams, but that's a different conversation itself. Here is my problem... My fil is rude and always makes comments on...
View ArticleUrgent. Niece and boyfriend moving in.
BG I have a duh. I need your help. His niece and boyfriend (both adults) moved in last night. I agreed because of stupidity. I thought I had made clear to them that the agreement was between them and...
View ArticleBIL help
My problem is, is that I'm not sure if I should let my BIL around my LO. When I first met him he was addicted to opiates. He took them any day he could. After some time back at his parents he cleaned...
View Articlefamily wanting the CO resolved Trigger
How do you explain to your grandmother or any other family member that this isn't their business, and likely won't be resolved? My entire childhood I was beaten, called stupid, molested by my step...
View ArticleMIL covers my children's mouths.
My MIL is sometimes out and about with me and my three girls who are 6, 4, and 2. Six yearold DD is usually pretty quiet and calm. My 4 yearold DD has her wild moments, and my 2 year old can be down...
View ArticleDoes love fade?
So I'm feeling kind of meh, and just need some insight. Do you think love fades over time? That the way a mother/father feels for their child as a baby fades as they become teens/adults? I ask bc my...
View ArticleThat's fine, I'll be the bad guy
It is apparently the day of in-laws driving me nuts. First is an ongoing beef with my MIL. She lives in the boonies of NY, in the hills on the border of NY & PA. There is NOTHING there except some...
View ArticleIf I die, it was MIL! (Long)
I have two background stories I am unsure how to link. One is about MIL wanting to take LO to see Easter bunny for the first time without me. The second, how I have developed aniexty before seeing the...
View Articleis "proper social etiquette" applicable to immediate family?
I'll be honest, I sometimes miss social cues and don't always know what's "proper" but I try. Here's the story- My sister has made some really pretty cakes over the years for my nieces birthdays. So I...
View ArticleFMIL stops by unnanounced repeatedly
I just had a baby three weeks ago. She decided she wanted to come over my house every day without calling first. I am a full time distance student and am sleep deprived and trying to balance family...
View ArticleHow many dysfunctional people are you thankful are gone from your life?...
I didn't realize how messed up my surroundings were until I stopped accepting dysfunctional actions. Anyone else notice that in their life too? Excluding my ex who opened my eyes to my own...
View ArticleCame for entertainment, realized I need help!! Update pg.2
So, I've been lurking on this board for a few months just to pass the time. I looked in the yard one day and realized a llama had been born and he asked me for a knife and when I asked why he said to...
View ArticleBoundary pushing. Update pg 3, pg 6,pg 8. Weirdness 10 text pg 13&14
I have a lengthy background, but the short of it is that my ED is a narcissist. She was physically, verbally and mentally abusive. Power trips, emotional black mail, the whole nine yards. *Trigger* She...
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