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To stop all contact with Fil

16 replies

silkymitts · 20/10/2010 22:32

I will try and be brief but need to give you some background info.

fil is and always has been a violent, abusive man.
Dh grew up in an environment of fear and always having to think about his siblings and mother before risking voicing any opinion which might annoy his dad. This could in turn make his dad shout/hit the rest of the family in temper.
Anyway, I have always tolerated my fil for my dh sake who refused to cut ties because of his mother who always used the line "think what will happen to me" if we said we didn't want to see fil.

Anyway having been lead to believe that fil had calmed down in recent years this noe appears not to be the case.
Things have come to a head when fil has tried to involve my dd in a dispute he has had with his other son. Quite frankly he has said things about my dd's uncle which I would not even think about my own child, let alone say to anyone else, least of all a child. He has also said nasty things about her cousins(same son's children).

When dh asked fil to stop and not involve dd in any of this, he went beserk accusing my dd of lying. Mil sent a text to say that dd was lying and that fil had not said those things to her. Later on she replied that of course she knew fil had said those things and dd was telling the truth but fil had kept her up until the early hours and made her send the text.

Fil then proceeded to sent mallicious emails to our home computer about his son and girlfriend. When he received no response from us he then twice wrote to say that my dh was not his favourite child and that all my dcs did when visit him in hospital was sit at the side of his bed. Well fuck me what did he expect a song and dance routine!!!!

He then wrote about not liking the gifts which my children had given him from their holidays(bought from their own money).

He has no friends, none of his in laws speak to him.

I have since wrote to mil and told her that we will not be seeing him ever agian. She is welcome but under no circumstances will my children be in his company again neither will I or my dh.
I told her not to try and talk my dh round as she always has done.
Deep down dh is scarred by his violent, controlling horrible father and that is why I have written and not him.

I know that I anbu. but needed to write it down.

There have been many other instances I could mention but him involving my dcs is the final straw.

Thanks for reading.

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BubbleBobble · 20/10/2010 22:42

I don't think you're being unreasonable at all. I think you and your DH have been in a rock and a hard place for a very long time, thanks to your MIL's emotional blackmail - which saying 'Think of what would happen to me', is.

There comes a point where everyone has had enough and something has to change. It sounds like you've reached that point.

I'm sorry I've not got anything more helpful to say, but I'm sure someone will be along shortly with experience of family members like this. I just couldn't read and not say anything.

Have a very un-Mumsnet-like hug. x

DeadPoncy · 20/10/2010 22:50

I'm very moved by your story, actually. Your DH finally has someone to stand up for him (and your DD certainly has the right to be stood up for, right from the beginning of her life.)

Well done.

It is very sad about your MIL and your DH's siblings, though....

silkymitts · 20/10/2010 22:57

Thanks for your replies.
Its very hard to talk to people IRL as they cannot begin to understand the level of abuse that has gone on. Dhs friends have always advised him to make up with his dad and not fall out, but they don't really know the full story.
likewise his mother has always tried hard to hide the fact of what a monster her husband really is.
Dh has said that he is relieved I have taken these steps.

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LoveBeingAMardyBum · 20/10/2010 23:01

That says it all really doesnt it. YANBU

Plumm · 20/10/2010 23:05

YANBU, and well done for sticking up for DH (and DD) against his horrible parents.

StewieGriffinsMom · 20/10/2010 23:09

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PumpkinsandPotPourri · 20/10/2010 23:12

yanbu.

Your mil is an adult and has to responsibility for her own situation, insteadof blaming your dh's relationship with fil for her own situation.

Make sure you keep contact with your dh's siblings and children, and seperately with mil. And never discuss the fil situation with any of them. You said your piece.

Good for you, you have done the right thing

Chynah · 20/10/2010 23:21

yanbu and good for you for sticking up for your dh & dd.

LittleMissHissyFangs · 21/10/2010 00:24

bloody well done!

GeekOfTheWeek · 21/10/2010 09:14

Yanbu

BeccaandEvie · 21/10/2010 10:52

YADNBU

What an awful life up to now.

As a pp said, it is up to MIL to sort out her own life not blackmail your DH.

Well done for writing the letter and I hope you stick to it. Better to keep DD out of a relationship like that if you can.

Pixieonthemoor · 21/10/2010 14:39

Well well done for your enormous courage. I expect your dh is feeling, possibly for the first time in this situ, that he is a lucky man. Why? To have a fab partner who has the courage to stick up for him and his children. What a ghastly situ but, as the other posters have said, you cannot continue to be emotionally blackmailed by the mil. She needs to take note of your bravery and do something similar herself! Easier said than done, I know, but goodness what a poisonous man. Bravo.

PigletJohn · 21/10/2010 15:54

bit sad, but it has to be done.

silkymitts · 21/10/2010 21:14

Thank you all for your kind support.

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DeadPoncy · 22/10/2010 10:39

Yours is the kind support. We're just acknowledging what you and your DH have managed to achieve.

drippingwithbloodandbraingoo · 22/10/2010 11:12

Silkymitts - a big step, and you've done the right thing. Well done. You have to put your own family first. How lucky they are to have you.

You're not responsible for your mil, she has made, and continues to make, her own choices.

Stay strong, stick with it and focus on the future x

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