Say something or MYMOB?
First the BG: Around Thanksgiving, SIL tells me about this guy that she's having a thing with. Apparently they "hooked up" one night and the next he pulled the "I see you more a sister to me " thing....
View ArticleNew to the board. .. Need help! Extremely long!!
Ok I'm new here from June 13 board. My in laws are great dont get me wrong but are driving me insane!!! I requested that nobody stay with us since we have a 1 month old she was born 37 weeks due to...
View ArticleAm I being selfish?
I just flew 5000 miles with dh and 3 kids. NO one here has met the baby. I have been here for 2 full days. So far an aunt and uncle have come to meet baby (they drove 2 hrs) and my mom has come. My...
View ArticleGma trying to mediate on SD behalf TRIGGER
BG is Under older screen name. Short version: I gave bio dad a chance to be I my life as a young adult after he was absent all my childhood. My unicorn was huge and hungry. It finally hit me a few...
View ArticleSay Something or Wait? Stories Pg 3
I've posted before about my wacky MIL. She's the always sickly, guilt trippy, emotionally manipulative lady who thinks her grandchilren are replacements for HER miscarriages and us DILs are here to...
View ArticleThank you DWIL!!!
Hello, I am long time lurker but commented few times. I have been actively lurking since I got pregnant last year. My baby is five months old now. I want to thank you all for my awesome birth...
View ArticleThank you wise ladies!
I am a total lurker here trying to learn things about how to handle a couple choice family members. I didn't realize how much I had absorbed until today when my mil and bil tried to get my husband to...
View ArticleElder care resources help please - trigger?
Does anyone have good resources for finding help with senior care? My grandma has a LONG and severe history of mental illness. When on the right mix of meds she can function fairly independently but...
View Articlesoon to be MIL threats to rip my world away
I went to my doctors app today and I find that my little bundle is eight weeks old. I have miscarried before but it seems that I am out of danger of one. My fiance and I finally told his mother. She...
View ArticleI have baby rabies, please help!
So, I don't really know how this happened. BB and SIL are going to have a baby soon and I think I have a severe case of baby rabies. I don't understand why. Lately, all I've done is shop online for...
View ArticleWhat would you do ? (Mil)labor and delivery
Before I got pregnant my relationship with my mil was very low we saw each other maybe once every 2-4 months. Once I got pregnant she started calling me almost everyday and always wanted to see me /...
View ArticleVent about my mother
I seriously need to vent:::: A small tidbit of background first:: My mom got evicted from her place for failing to pay her rent. No reason for that, she is diabled and if she would actually budget her...
View ArticleFIL and his new wife...advice/opinions/thoughts solicited!
Wow. I love that I found this board. There's something so comforting in reading how other people struggle with family ;) So I've been on BBC for some time now but never posted. Mostly I spend hours...
View ArticleSlightly OT- On her way out
So my Dad's psychotic, abusive as hell alcoholic stepmom started needing bi- yearly blood transfusions a couple of years ago. I think it had something to do with liver function? Anyway. So come to find...
View Articlefamily asking too much of us? long...
M husband has a strained relationship with his brother. We weren't getting along with my parents-in-law after ODD came along (usual boundary problems). My parents-in-law bad-mouthed us to DH's brother...
View ArticleHave we done the wrong thing?
DH's parents live in England. They visited when DD was born almost four years ago, and outstayed their welcome. I don't really speak to them. DH calls them every Saturday night when I put DD to bed....
View Articlesmall victories
MIL just asked me when I was going to stop ebf my 6 month old. She's made comments before about wanting to take him with her to her beach house so knowing where she was going with this my response was...
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