My in laws take my kids to school on the days I am in work and I am getting fed up with my pushy MIL telling me what I should be doing on 'my' days to take the kids. For example she just popped in to give me their uniform for tomorrow despite me telling her I have uniform here. She forgot to bring their bags round and I remembered that the Cath Kidston bag I normally give my DD to take in is at their house so I asked her to bring it round. MIL says DD cannot fit in her drink into the CK bag, so I tell her that I have little bottles she can use so that's not a problem. MIL's reply - she likes the drink I give her (a 500ml bottle which is not necessary when she's only in nursery 2.5 hrs per day and normally only has a little drink from the bottle when she gets in the car after nursery), so I put my foot down and said no I'm taking the CK bag and to bring it round please.
Then she insists on giving me their hats (that IL's have bought, despite there being many hats here for them which rarely get worn). When it's cold MIL insists I use coats that they've also bought. It feels as if the clothes, hats, coats etc that I have bought simply cannot be worn as everything they wear to school 'must' be what they have bought them, or so it seems.
AIBU to get annoyed at this and should put my foot down more or should I just suck it up and appreciate that they take them to school and look after them for me and OH when we're working? Both me and OH leave the house at 6:30am so the kids sleep round there the nights before I work and there's no way we can sort them for school when we start work at those times, just wanted to say that before anyone mentions breakfast club etc.
They're great in laws in general and I get on well with them but MIL has always been the pushy type and as I'm not confrontational I tend to let things go but this is pissing me off!
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DonaldTrumpsTrump · 24/05/2017 22:19
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