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Feel DH went behind my back

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Djw12 · 09/01/2026 12:57

My husband and I agreed to go NC with his mother last year, after she deliberately lied about me and I caught her out (not the only reason, but this was the final straw) . I was able to prove that she was lying and deliberately trying to turn my husband against me. Once DH came to realise what she gad been doing he declared that we would not be doing anything with her and not taking our children around until his mother could apologies and admit to what she did. Anyway no apology came and we have been living a very peaceful drama free life. Yesterday my DS had been off school with his my DH in charge and i formed me that DH had taken him over to grandmas house for tea whilst i was in work. This felt like a massive, massive punch in the gut. I feel like DH went against everything we discussed and agreed on when it came to the children and I feel like he exposed our DS to someone who cannot be trusted. AIBU to feel like this? I wish for more than anything for our children to have a decent relationship with their only living GM, but at the same time I feel like it cannot be done whilst she has the ability to try and turn peopke against me with her lies! I know full well that a few more visits like that would end up with her getting back into DH head and DS’s head! For context DS is 9 and was glad to see his GM, I just wish he could have told me he planned to do it. AIBU?

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InterestedDad37 · 09/01/2026 13:19

Djw12 · 09/01/2026 13:13

Thank you, its such a hard hard position to be in, i want to protect them because I just know she will throw in little white lies here and there to try and turn them against me. She does it with all women in their family apart from her own daughters. I know my DH idea of facilitating would be drop them there and leave there! I did, he couldn't give me a real explanation as to why he did it,

Was he simply too lazy to cook tea that day?

Djw12 · 09/01/2026 13:19

pikkumyy77 · 09/01/2026 13:14

Children can’t know what they don’t know. If grandma is an abusive or tricksy bitch a 9!year old should certainly be safeguarded and kept from her. People are who they are. The title grandmother doesn’t convert someone harmful into someone safe.

Exactly, he can understand to a certain extent, but he could never grasp the full extent of the damage that woman has done, and i dont want them to be exposed anymore to it.

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pikkumyy77 · 09/01/2026 13:14

ToKittyornottoKitty · 09/01/2026 13:00

Have you asked him why he didn’t speak to you first? Sounds like your child wants and deserves a relationship with their grandparent though, so you need to work on that. DH can facilitate it though, you don’t need to see her

Children can’t know what they don’t know. If grandma is an abusive or tricksy bitch a 9!year old should certainly be safeguarded and kept from her. People are who they are. The title grandmother doesn’t convert someone harmful into someone safe.

Djw12 · 09/01/2026 13:13

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 09/01/2026 13:09

thats a tough one OP.
i’m NC with my partners mum, however he and the children (fully facilitated by him, if he’s not around it doesn’t happen) still see her.
my eldest was quite affected by her behaviour towards me, I did encourage her to maintain contact with her, but I am on high alert and the second anything else has a knock on effect to my children I will be having a discussion with my partner about contact going forwards.
did you ask him why he didn’t discuss it with you first?

Thank you, its such a hard hard position to be in, i want to protect them because I just know she will throw in little white lies here and there to try and turn them against me. She does it with all women in their family apart from her own daughters. I know my DH idea of facilitating would be drop them there and leave there! I did, he couldn't give me a real explanation as to why he did it,

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BernardButlersBra · 09/01/2026 13:11

I don't know why you feel like he went behind you back, as he most definitely did that! That would leave me wondering what else has he omitted and lied about

Djw12 · 09/01/2026 13:10

PennyLaneisinmyheartandmysoul · 09/01/2026 13:06

What did she lie about?
this is a recurrent theme I see on here “DH and I have agree we’ll all go NC with his mum because of how I feel she treats me” then the thread like this of upset because dh and dc want to see the grandma, but the op never says what grandma did!

How long have you got? Ill tell you the most recent one, She made up a story of me uploading an indecent image of her and posting it for all to see, which was ridiculous because “all” could clearly see that no picture was there, but we are all wrong and she is right. I am not a spiteful person, i could never understand all this no contact business people did, and would always think there was a way to sort things out, then i met my MIL… and there is just no speaking to some people.

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sprigatito · 09/01/2026 13:10

Clearly the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. I can’t bear dishonesty or cowardice, and he’s demonstrated both.

SkelatorIamNot · 09/01/2026 13:10

I agree with the PP it really depends what she did. There is a world of difference between telling you DH that you have hired a hitman to kill her trying to cause a rift between you two or telling DH that children need protein when you want to raise them vegan.

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 09/01/2026 13:09

thats a tough one OP.
i’m NC with my partners mum, however he and the children (fully facilitated by him, if he’s not around it doesn’t happen) still see her.
my eldest was quite affected by her behaviour towards me, I did encourage her to maintain contact with her, but I am on high alert and the second anything else has a knock on effect to my children I will be having a discussion with my partner about contact going forwards.
did you ask him why he didn’t discuss it with you first?

zerored · 09/01/2026 13:08

You really need to speak to your DH, but I don't think you're unreasonable. Has he apologised for going behind your back? I think there are two issues you need to try resolve with him: 1, the concerns about his mum and 2, the fact he's betrayed your trust.

Lmnop22 · 09/01/2026 13:07

Clearly DH has just told you what you want to hear re his DM and doesn’t want to cut contact with her. If that’s the case you need to find a way to facilitate it without you seeing her because you can’t ask you DH to abandon his mum unless he’s 100% on board.

PennyLaneisinmyheartandmysoul · 09/01/2026 13:06

What did she lie about?
this is a recurrent theme I see on here “DH and I have agree we’ll all go NC with his mum because of how I feel she treats me” then the thread like this of upset because dh and dc want to see the grandma, but the op never says what grandma did!

Djw12 · 09/01/2026 13:04

ToKittyornottoKitty · 09/01/2026 13:00

Have you asked him why he didn’t speak to you first? Sounds like your child wants and deserves a relationship with their grandparent though, so you need to work on that. DH can facilitate it though, you don’t need to see her

Also i don’t think DH would be able yo safely facilitate it,

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Djw12 · 09/01/2026 13:03

ToKittyornottoKitty · 09/01/2026 13:00

Have you asked him why he didn’t speak to you first? Sounds like your child wants and deserves a relationship with their grandparent though, so you need to work on that. DH can facilitate it though, you don’t need to see her

I did, he didnt have a real reason. My children do deserve a relationship with their grandmother, but so much harm has already been done because of her. The arguments myself and DH used to have because of what she would start! Little seeds here and there, I couldn’t bare her doing it to my children and I couldn’t bare for them to go through the pain and disharmony we have had to go through because of her.

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ToKittyornottoKitty · 09/01/2026 13:00

Have you asked him why he didn’t speak to you first? Sounds like your child wants and deserves a relationship with their grandparent though, so you need to work on that. DH can facilitate it though, you don’t need to see her

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