It seems to be a season of Mil threads, sorry to dump another one. MIL lives abroad and comes to stay with us 3 months every year . She does help with household chores and looking after 15 month old DS while I work FT. I'm quite grateful as she's a great help generally. However, we're completely different personalities. She can talk a donkey's ears off while I'm more introverted. She likes to be at the centre of attention at a gathering while I prefer company of close friends. When we have people over or get invited over she holds centre stage and I never get in a word with my friends. Note that in my culture it's courtesy to extend invitations to parents as well. I quite hate the fact that she steals the limelight at every opportunity.Guests are forced to be polite while she goes on and on and on. She also makes it a point of displaying her knitting skills at every opportunity in front of our friends and I felt a bit when she gifted a handknitted sweater for our friends DS she barely met once while I got them something store bought. For the record she has never knitted anything for me though she promises to every year. I sound like a jealous shrew but need a vent. My DH says I can learn from her but I barely have energy at the end of the day when I return from work and managing other chores. AIBU to be jealous?
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NavyandWhite ·
26/07/2016 17:17
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