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Unfair treatment from in-laws?

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InLawAgain · 30/10/2025 09:47

Would these bother you / is it unfair treatment from in-laws?:

BIL's wife was in a car accident (no hospital visit needed). Mil demands we send her flowers and a card.
I am hospitalised for a week with bacterial pneumonia while 25 weeks pregnant. Nothing from BIL or SIL - not even a text message asking how I am.

For DH's aunt 60th birthday MIL demanding we send £25 towards a joint gift voucher. In 10 years of marriage his aunt has sent me nothing - not a birthday card or a text message.

Huge backstory with his family. I have many examples but don't want to make it a long post. DH can't see why I am bothered by these. If I mention this to MIL she always makes out as I am the problem for being bothered by this or denies they even happened.

OP posts:
Oneeyedonkey · 30/10/2025 09:50

Demands??!!
And do you comply?
Do you contribute?

MyWorthyDenimFinch · 30/10/2025 09:50

Who does she ask to do these things?

Could it be that she asks her son to send his SIL or aunt flowers or whatever, and he delegates to you and says "we have been told"?

Agix · 30/10/2025 09:49

Well obviously she likes you less and isn't afraid to show it. Is your DH legitimately unintelligent/slow? If he's not, if he holds down a regular job etc, he can see the issue perfectly... He just denies it because he doesn't want to deal with it.

NewYorkSummer · 30/10/2025 09:48

MIL ‘demands’ ?! Presumably you ignore her and let DH deal with the demands?

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