In laws- ugh
I hate my husbands family. Seriously. There have been issues always with them treating him badly... Saying they want to be involved with our kids, yet making no effort and shooting down every effort we...
View ArticleDH called ILs before me...
I'm just so upset and frustrated right now. DH is in bootcamp right now and I haven't received a phone call from him in weeks up until today. While talking to him, he brings up that before he called...
View ArticleRTS questions
I got a piece of mail from a CO person for dd. I've BHed all previous mail hoping this person would get the hint, but obviously not. If I write "return to sender" on the outside of the envelope and...
View ArticleAfter the Boogeyman...
I'm going to start this by saying that although my story includes an attempt by entitled in-laws to claim "grandparents rights,", I am not looking for legal advice. I am writing for advice on how to...
View ArticleMIL troubles, and adoption... Update pg11, pg17, pg22,MILemailpg25
Hi everyone! I posted my original post over in the Adoptive Families group where I'm a member. But since I'm having MIL issues they all encouraged me to post over here and see what you have to say....
View ArticleDid mil try to upstage me? *pic* kitchen pg11
We just did Christmas with the ils the weekend before last because they traveled for the holidays. Bg: I've been planning to DIY a play kitchen for dd out of a nightstand for almost a year now. My mom...
View ArticleHelp with my ILs? Am I BEC? *long, sorry
BG: We were each other's first boy/girl interest when we were 11, turning to first boyfriend/girlfriend at 14. There has never been anyone else, meaning they've known me for 13 years. We've been...
View ArticleFreaked out right now!
I am unsure if my MIL has narcissistic personality disorder or if she is bi-polar, perhaps both. Anyways, I could tell you stories that could make your head spin. Luckily, I set even more firm...
View Articleestablishing boundaries with p/a mil *long* mil text pg1 ud 4
BG: I have always had issues with boundary stomps from mil who is enmeshed with her golden child daughter. Mil doesn't even see that her enmeshment is inappropriate and wrong, but to be clear, she has...
View ArticleGrandma in law problems!!!
Okay this may be a bit long, but it is 3am and I am losing sleep over this! LO is about 18 months, I work 4 days a week at a doctors office. My boyfriend and I love together with her......... His...
View ArticleNarc mom and "her""Sally" -- warning major TRIGGER Updates p. 15, 23, 36, 56, 71
Warning: my entire post contains triggers. NOTE: My FOO issue is rather stale but I have updates regarding pregnancy issues on page 23. (Just so people don't read all the way through and get annoyed...
View ArticlePaying for Inlaws to Visit Us...
There's a long and complicated backstory, but the short-ish version is: I'm a newlywed and newly pregnant. I've never met my DH's mom and sister because we live on opposite coasts and they've made it...
View Articlesome family members don't want LO on family cruise
Hello, I haven't posted here before but I could use some perspective. DH's grandparents are pretty well off and they are paying for a week-long cruise for the whole family (20-30 people) next winter....
View ArticleMIL couldn't follow simple request! *update pg2,pg3,pg5,pg13 BIG update pg14*
Yesterday my DH finally confronted MIL about her constant texting and calling us,this is a new thing since I'm days from giving birth to our second child,she literally texts me starting before I'm even...
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Best of IL/FOO Melodrama
DH's family is drama with a capital D. Sometimes I wonder if my last name should, in fact, be "Drama." It's honestly exhausting and I often don't know how to cope. Thankfully, I've found DWIL. This...
View ArticleI SAVED THIS PLANTER FOR YOUR FIRSTBORN!! UD 3 called florist to refuse - 5...
BG http://community.babycenter.com/post/a47069299/well_they_know_were_pregnant_-_and_my_gold_star_mom BG is TL;DR, Following manipulation by MIL threatening FILs suicide if DH didn't comply with...
View ArticleINLAWS IN THE HOUSE..
I'm a FTM. So my DH's parents are planning on coming into town from out of state for DD's birth. We didn't ask them to, they announced they were coming after we announced we were pregnant. They are...
View ArticleInlaws that play favorites
How do you deal with that? My husband has never been the favorite and it has always been obvious. In fact the baby of the family is the clear favorite, next to the son with gobs of money. She got...
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S/O Anti Same-Sex marriage GPs, WWYD?
I didn't want to hijack the post on the homophobic grandparents thread, so I decided to start my own to ask for some opinions. My DH thinks I'm overthinking it, and that if it is a concern to confront...
View ArticleInternational visits with a boundary stomping MIL
We live across an ocean and a fifteen hour flight from my MIL (just moved in summer 2013). Prior to the international move, we lived on opposite coasts. Last Spring, before we even moved or knew...
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