We moved into a very run down house and over the last year we have totally renovated it. We are now at the point where there is only the ground floor to finish, unfortunately it is taking longer than DH and I expected.
My ILS have in the past undermined me to the point that I no longer go to their home and try my best to stay out of the way when they visit. Without listing everything that has happened, my MIL has amongst other things, whilst visiting them, fed my dairy intolerant DS cows milk, chocolate and yoghurt after been told not to. Consequently when DS then had a leaky poo a few hours later refused to let me put his clothes in the washing machine.
Allowed DS (then aged 2) to play on a staircase with no banister and then couldn?t understand why I tried to stop it (he promptly fell and banged his head). There are pages of other things I could list, but hopefully you get the picture...
This Christmas they have sent us a cheque for a large sum of money to finish the house, I don?t want to take it as I feel it will result in a situation that they will feel we owe them. My DH thinks I am being unreasonable and we should take the money. The situation is further complicated by the fact my DH may lose his job in the near future and I feel if he is insistent on taking the money he should save it until his job is safer...