I know there are posts of people who don’t get along with their mother in law. And I also know there are absolutely lovely mother in laws.
Mine unfortunately isn’t the lovely one. She’s fake, condescending, and puts on the poor me act when she has a drink and starts crying. She looks at me like I’m an alien, she has known me for 20 years and pretends she can’t understand me. I’m from the UK just have a different accent. She can understand me just fine, she just does this to make me feel small.
We are going to stay at her house for a few days and I genuinely don’t know how to get through it. I’ve gained weight so she will be looking at my stomach the whole time. Pretending she can’t understand me. Asking me how on earth I could work when I’ve got kids. Even though she worked and her kids cooked their own dinner daily. She has no interest in the kids at any time of the year. But when we are there she will pretend she knows them inside out and play the doting gran.
I am feeling really annoyed about having to visit. My husband just plays along and turns into the biggest wet wipe / yes man you’ve ever seen around his mum. Even though he has spent the last 20 years telling me how shit of a parent she was.
That was a huge rant. I am dreading these next few days.