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Mil told me being hospitalised with pneumonia was a social snub

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DoneWithMIL · 27/01/2026 08:39

I wasn't able to go to my brother in law's wedding because I was really ill at the time and 25 weeks pregnant - was physically exhausted and struggled to do much. My husband went to the wedding. A week later I was hospitalised with bacterial pneumonia for a week. Felt reduced movements and my baby had to be monitored daily.

Now after an argument with mother in law over something trivial she sent this massive email with everything I have done wrong - one of the things on the list was me not attending my brother in laws wedding. I reminded her about the pneumonia and she said well you didn't communicate this. We did.

She also said that I broke her dying mothers heart because I didn't bring my newborn daughter to see her mum. As well as the pneumonia my daughter wasn't growing in the last week, then she almost died during labour - I had an emergency c section. Then she had seizures at a few days old.
Excuse me for not prioritising people that live 60 miles away. Husband cant drive so would have had to be public transport.

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EnterQueene · 27/01/2026 08:43

Anyone who sent me a massive email listing my faults could get in the bin. I'd cut her out or at least go low contact, she sounds toxic.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 27/01/2026 08:41

You know you're not being unreasonable. What was your relationship with MIL like before the pregnancy?

rubyslippers · 27/01/2026 08:40

Ooh she sounds horrible and very uncaring
Someone sending me a list of my faults and wrong doings?!
that would be immediate low or contact for good