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SIL I swear I'm not imagining it

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HelpsHeal · 06/04/2023 19:11

She's been round with her DH and DD to visit us in our new house. Had the tour she asked for.

It's a doer upper with lots of space, mature gardens, nice leafy street.

Her comments:

  • You know the roots in those trees cause terrible damage (they don't we checked)
  • It smells of smoke and those nicotine stains will be hard to shift (we know)
  • On telling her about 1980s feature we plan to remove and what we plan to have in it's place "Oh that's the bit I like"

I mean she's entitled to her view, but surely you'd find something positive to say about the potential or the space or just how interesting it will be to see what we do with it?

I do try not to take offence at everything she says but she's definitely not doing it accidentally 😆

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Weallgottachangesometime · 06/04/2023 19:13

Is she a generally negative person? Some people just ooooze negativity and can’t even help it. Pisses me off.

myusernamewastakenbyme · 06/04/2023 19:18

Its probably jealousy...I bought my home on my own...it had been done up and is in fab condition...my auntie came in and sneered at the size of my spare bedrooms...she at the time didn't even have a home of her own.

Soozikinzii · 06/04/2023 19:20

Jealous much seems to me . Should really motivate you to Crack on with a fantastic renovation !

Limetart · 06/04/2023 19:25

I had this with dbil and dsil. They only do it to me and dh.
Jealousy.

Manichean · 06/04/2023 19:57

Some people just hate it when you get a new home and they fear it will be better than theirs. Just take it easy, it must be horrible for them to live with envy.

bigbluehamster · 06/04/2023 20:21

I always think it's odd when people are like this. I'd never dream of shitting on someone's new house purchase, it seems rude to me! Like why would it even occur to someone to point out the negatives? It doesn't compute. Strange behaviour.

LadyOfTheCanyon · 06/04/2023 22:49

What's the 1980s feature? <misses point>

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