The ILS have raised the issue of Christmas. They want DH, DD and I to go to theirs (along with their other adult DCs). They expect us to spend every other Christmas with them. I went along with this before (even though I hate doing so) but now we have DD, I was expecting DH and I to have our own family Christmases.
It will be DD's first Christmas, and our first Christmas in our new home. I am not prepared to travel to the other side of the country so MIL can recreate some hideous family scene from her DCs' childhoods, with me as an awkward bystander.
AIBU to want to put a stop to these IL family Christmases now that DH and I have DD? I obviously wouldn't say no to seeing them over the Christmas period but without going on and on and boring everyone, the ILs (MIL in particular) have ruined every Christmas I have spent with them, have made me furious and caused private arguments between DH and I (who always sides with his DM).
When will DH and DD stop being MIL's private property? And no matter what MIL does, why does DH always, always stick up for her? Are all men like this, or does my DH just care more about his mum's feelings than his wife's?
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Eurgh! Christmas...
Rabbiting0n · 10/09/2013 13:45
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