Need some validation here, ladies. As some of you know DH and I don't speak to PIL they do sometimes come up in conversation. DH and I were discussing why GMIL and MIL have such a bad relationship and he thinks it's because of GMIL's attitude and because MIL said GPIL refused to babysit DH and his brothers. According to MIL GMIL outright said to Her "Don't expect us to babysit." Right, maybe she didn't have to be so blunt but she has a right to say what she will or won't do.
BG: MIL and her husband's DM don't get on. GMIL has a sour attitude and doesn't have a brain to mouth filter, she'd happily throw insults at you for hours on end if you let her. MIL and her are similar in certain aspect i.e both have no brain to mouth filter which is why DH thinks they don't get on.
MIL both thought they should have offered to babysit as both she and FIL worked and because 'they're grandparents'. Was I BU to tell DH that his mother was wrong as it was her and FIL's choice to have children and that there should be no expectation of anyone to babysit? He thinks I'm just saying it as we don't have a relationship with PIL anymore.
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To say this re "Grandparent's should be expected to babysit"?
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CiritheLionessofCintra · 27/12/2015 19:43
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