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AIBU?

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To not want to live with my mil

29 replies

Mummyonacloud · 29/12/2011 16:23

Thats it really. I have two dd's aged 5 and 14months. I live with my fiancé, his mum and his brother and have done so for the past 4 and bit years. It was supposed to be short term but now it seems like my oh's got it comfortable and I can't see it changing anytime soon. We do pay rent to stay there and we also do our own food shop, cleaning, cooking etc.

I find it really hard not to have my own space, for myself and the children. Even down to things like I don't have anywhere to put my clothes so I literally have 1 drawer and my car boot, same for my dd's things. My oh works full time so it's usually just me, my youngest dd and my mil at home and I find it really hard just to get on and do things. I spend most of my day in my oh's bedroom avoiding her. We get on ok but she's very interfering, controlling and nosey and I'm finding it hard to be treated like a child every time I want to leave the house (she constantly asks where I'm going, who with and what time I'll be back!)

My oh and I can't have any privacy, when it comes to conversations or intimacy and it's really driving a wedge between us. I just know that if I say anything against his mum to him he will have a go at me. I have actually raised it to him before and it ended up with him calling me ungrateful and kicking me out with my then 4 year old and 2 month old dd's in the middle of the night.

Ok, so thanks if you've got this far!

So what I want to know is... Aibu and being an ungrateful cow or is my oh bu, expecting us to live this way when we can afford to live elsewhere.

OP posts:
Firawla · 29/12/2011 17:35

you need to move out. i have been in similar situation too, lived with inlaws for years but in our case it was them who didnt want to give us 'permission' to move out, if its your oh who is not even keen to move that may be more difficult.. for us in the end one day we just packed some stuff and went, they got over it after a while n now we still have a good relationship.
you just cant go on like that indefinitely it makes you go crazy. speak to him again and see whether there is any hope left of actually living together properly, or if he will just go mad and take it as an insult to his mum (its not an insult, nor does it mean cutting her off as you could live local and still visit but would have your own space..) if he does not listen or consider your needs and just goes mad, i think you may need to consider seriously is your relationship worth it or not, unfortunately

Driftwood999 · 29/12/2011 17:44

OP, a lot is being made here of your DP "kicking me out with my then 4 year old and 2 month old dd's in the middle of the night." That is truly appalling and that being the case you have my sympathy. Do you know all there is to know about his finances, are they held jointly with you? Before you do, whatever it is you feel you have to do, inform yourself. If it is the case of being fed up, that is understandable, but you are an adult with responsibilities of 2dc's and it could be that you will both get over this rocky patch. What is it like for your dp when he comes home from work? What happens.

RedHelenB · 29/12/2011 18:51

Start house hunting!

geekette · 29/12/2011 19:46

Maybe I am jumping to conclusions here but it sounds like you had a wonderful past together but it is time to move on.

What are his reasons for continuing to stay with mum? Could it be he doesn't feel confident about your resources yet? Maybe he needs reminding that money isn't everything?

Tbh if he can kick you out with kids, i doubt he deserves the time of day.

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