AIBU?
BluddyMoFo · 20/05/2011 22:14
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Icoulddoitbetter · 20/05/2011 22:20
Hmmn, our relationship is definitely different and not in a good way! We have very different ideas when it comes to parenting, and unfortuntely for me my nephew's parents are far more relaxed than I am ie much more like MIL.
Ho hum, we muddle through.
MadamDeathstare · 20/05/2011 23:48
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Loonytoonie · 20/05/2011 23:49
My MIL is a legend. She's 84, makes the best sunday lunches ever, the best cakes, laughs like a drain because she loves a good joke, and is one of my closests confidantes. I adore her. She's also the Mother of 2 boys and is forever being the diplomat.
I know it goes against the MN tide, but my MIL rocks. She's pure gold.
GotArt · 21/05/2011 00:16
I think my MIL is just getting crazier as time goes on. DH and I were together 18 years before our first child. She's coming to visit in a couple of weeks when the second one have arrived... I hope she is just getting crazier. She lives on the other side of the country so not really that big of a deal if she is. 
Jenstar21 · 21/05/2011 00:24
Mine is a bit of a nightmare, TBH. My OH is the only boy, with 3 sisters, and is definitely golden child. No-one would ever have been good enough for him, never mind me! However, she is a great Granny, and since FIL died suddenly earlier this year, has really appreciated us, and we have been more than happy to be there for her. Maybe it's a change for the better, even though it's for a terrible reason.....
saffronwblue · 21/05/2011 00:25
Difficult before and difficult afterwards with the baby as a flashpoint for the power struggle. Sample comment
"Don't believe in any of that SIDS stuff- I will just put him to sleep on his stomach and he will be fine."
Sadly now, years later, she has Alzheimers and it is only the most difficult parts of her personality that remain.
mypersonalfavourite · 21/05/2011 08:00
My MIL went a bit loopy and very demanding but things are mostly dying down. I left DH to deal with it though because their relationship will recover because it's easier if it's your own mother.
I've read on here it's quite common for mil to behave like this with first gc. I think mine was staking a claim for her family and went about it in the wrong way! She really really adores the dcs though and they are very lucky.
Thinking about it I think dm went strange when my nephew was born but didn't care enough to fuss about anything by the time mine came along!
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