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Could I of been the bigger person

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Overitmum · 10/10/2025 15:41

Sil constantly brings up partners ex’s and I don’t know if I’m only noticing it more now or she’s doing it more because we are due baby in a few weeks and the attention isn’t on her but it’s really getting to me now. Last night she again brought up one of his ex’s and said she chats away to her all the time and she really liked them together and I just couldn’t stop myself and blurted out yeah I really get one well with that girl your boyfriend was cheating on you with she’s a lovely girl. Sil just sat in silence then the rest of the time I was there. His other sister has in the past told her to shut up about it and when she heard what I said she couldn’t hold back her laughter and said she deserved what I said. Partner just said she’s been winding me up to get a reaction and she finally got it not my fault it was that reaction. If I’m honest I could have said a lot worse than I did. Should I of been the bigger person and ignored her or did she get what was coming.
For background info sil always needs to be centre of attention and will do anything to make sure if she’s not happy no one else is happy. Her relationship is so toxic her partner openly cheats all the time and has told her many times he only stays with her because of the children and the fact she threatens to harm herself when he dose leave.

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Katemax82 · 11/10/2025 09:45

ThreeWordUsername · 10/10/2025 19:59

It really is so fucking grating though.

Not as grating as my mil calling COVID covic

dailyconniptions · 11/10/2025 02:13

INX · 10/10/2025 21:04

Yes, 'saw it and winced'.

Those are the people who have the good grace and manners not to pull a complete stranger up on their grammar.

And as for 'good to know for next time', only a complete narcissist would think that after a lifetime of not learning it correctly, they would be the one who makes it stick 🙄

It's also pretty OTT to react like that. We ALL make mistakes and it doesn't have be a massive deal to have a helpful pointer sometimes. It's a good thing to keep learning through life. It's not a thing of shame at all. Allowing such errors to perpetuate isn't helpful to the writer who is hoping for people to read her post and for some to reply.

ibuprofenhead · 10/10/2025 21:42

It’s all very Jeremy Kyle.

iziwizi · 10/10/2025 21:31

👏

DoggieHeaven · 10/10/2025 21:23

It's not like it's a one off, she's constantly doing it. Sometimes you just need to shut something down decisively. Which you did.

LivingTheDreamish · 10/10/2025 21:13

Presumably she already knows her DH cheats? In which case I think what you said was justified OP. She's clearly operating out of a place of being hurt about her relationship but that doesn't justify her constantly taking swipes at yours. Hopefully this will get her out of your hair so you can focus on baby's imminent arrival.

Dippythedino · 10/10/2025 21:10

Serves her right,, she deserved that comment. Let her now feel uncomfortable in the knowledge that she's with someone who cheats on her. It's going to eat away at her all weekend and she almost certainly will keep her trashy mouth shut now.

nilniosk · 10/10/2025 21:05

renovationqueen · 10/10/2025 16:08

Yes, you could have been the bigger person

Yawn 🥱

INX · 10/10/2025 21:04

dailyconniptions · 10/10/2025 20:52

Thousands and thousands more who saw it and winced. It's good to know for next time.

Yes, 'saw it and winced'.

Those are the people who have the good grace and manners not to pull a complete stranger up on their grammar.

And as for 'good to know for next time', only a complete narcissist would think that after a lifetime of not learning it correctly, they would be the one who makes it stick 🙄

dailyconniptions · 10/10/2025 20:52

INX · 10/10/2025 18:34

There's always one ill-mannered poster who just has to 🙄

Thousands and thousands more who saw it and winced. It's good to know for next time.

GreyCarpet · 10/10/2025 20:16

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 10/10/2025 16:49

I think you should have challenged her but in a different way.

There was no need to make a below the belt comment about her partner cheating, which was obviously designed to put the knife in where you knew it was going to hurt.

You could have gone with the MN favourite of "did you mean to be so rude, talking about how much you liked them together when I'm sitting here?"

Addressing it differently would have made the point without stooping to her level. With the comment that you made, I'm afraid you sound as bad as she does. And as a pp has said, none of you sound very nice.

No one actually thinks, "Did you mean to be so rude?" Is a cutting response 😅

OP, you could have been the bigger person. But, instead, you shut her up. She's not going to do it again, is she? 😉

ChaosDreamV2 · 10/10/2025 20:14

Haha well done. Time and a place to be the bigger person and this was not it. Sounds like she was winding you up and didn’t expect you to bite

ThreeWordUsername · 10/10/2025 19:59

verycloakanddaggers · 10/10/2025 16:42

And you could of not been an bad-mannered pedant.

It really is so fucking grating though.

Tagyoureit · 10/10/2025 19:54

Well done to you, hopefully that shuts her up now.

Pedant5corner · 10/10/2025 18:37

Grin I can almost forgive you for your misuse of the word of.

Could I of HAVE been the bigger person

@verycloakanddaggers , your post is worse.

TequilaNights · 10/10/2025 18:37

Well.. play with fire, sometimes you get burnt

Well done for standing up for yourself

INX · 10/10/2025 18:34

renovationqueen · 10/10/2025 16:08

Yes, you could have been the bigger person

There's always one ill-mannered poster who just has to 🙄

VanilleFraise · 10/10/2025 18:32

That is absolutely awesome!

chippylips · 10/10/2025 18:22

MamaSideBored · 10/10/2025 16:05

You all sound lovely

I was waiting for this. MN never disappoints 🤣🤣🤣

PolkaDotPorridge · 10/10/2025 18:09

You did what any normal person sick of her nonsense would do. She constantly likes to undermine you and make you feel shit about yourself/your relationship and you had obviously had enough and retaliated. Hope she got the message and leaves you alone. Those that think the OP is wrong are doormats!

mumofoneAloneandwell · 10/10/2025 16:59

Is she socially awkward? That was my first thought

But you matter too so yanbu at all

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 10/10/2025 16:49

I think you should have challenged her but in a different way.

There was no need to make a below the belt comment about her partner cheating, which was obviously designed to put the knife in where you knew it was going to hurt.

You could have gone with the MN favourite of "did you mean to be so rude, talking about how much you liked them together when I'm sitting here?"

Addressing it differently would have made the point without stooping to her level. With the comment that you made, I'm afraid you sound as bad as she does. And as a pp has said, none of you sound very nice.

SirBasil · 10/10/2025 16:47

I'd have done that long ago and followed up with "stfu" if she did it again.

But if my partner hadn't told her to stop before now I would have binned him off

DramaAlpaca · 10/10/2025 16:46

You could've ignored it, but there was no harm in giving her a taste of her own medicine. She might think twice about doing that again now.

Ponoka7 · 10/10/2025 16:45

It depends on if you, or your DP has previously told her to stop. I doubt her children would enjoy you all laughing about their father cheating on their Mother. Your baby is being born into a shit show.

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