To find this a bit weird of MiL?

[BobbysBeardOfWonder]

MiL was here over lunch to help administer antib's to DD, she also stayed a bit longer to wait for a delivery while I put 5mo DS to sleep upstairs.

I've only just noticed that all the houseplants in the kitchen are a little...moist...some of the orchids are sitting in 1cm of water [horror]

She must've done it whilst I was upstairs...but she didn't mention anything when I came down. She is good with plants too so I'm a bit as to why she would leave them drowning.

Would you find this weird? I guess she was a bit bored. But I'd never do this in her house, not without asking/being asked. Not that I'm not grateful...

YABU
Last time my MIL was at my house she ironed all of the clean clothes.
I certainly didnt complain!

Wouldn't find it weird at all. She'd come over to help you out. This was just another little bit of helping out. I'd find it thoughtful.

Although she's clearly overwatered them

She prob thought she was doing you a favour. You sound very lucky to me

BTW 2 grown adults to administer antibiotics to a child!!! Really?

She watered your plants (and perhaps overestimated how dry the soil was). I don't see what's weird about it?

Why did you need help giving your child medicine?

And why did she have to wait around for a delivery when you were, presumably, just upstairs?

Sounds like she gave up her day to 'help' with unnecessary things and you're not happy that she watered the plants?!

Yes, she clearly hates you - why would you try and kill someone's plant otherwise?

or she's not as good with plants as you think

yabu
sounds like you have a nice MIL who helps you

Is this a 7 day, three tiems a day course?

You need to buy water lilies...

Obviously part of a vicious masterplan there OP

I find this a bit sad tbh. If I am a MIL in the future will any attempt I make to help be dissected and made out to be weird, whenever I try to help out?

what is the alternative? Not to bother helping?

Ok ok I'm BU

just a tad OP

My mil often saves waters our plants when she's here. They'd all be dead otherwise.

I can't see any problem tbh.

She sounds lovely.

Last time my MIL was here unsupervised she cleaned my cooker hob. Now to most, that sounds like a lovely helpful thing to do but I know that there's a subtext of I did this for you because you're too useless to do it properly yourself, so where I might seem wholly unjustified in being a bit about it, it's actually entirely reasonable of me.

If your MIL is prone to the same PA comments on your housekeeping, then YANBU to be a bit about why she watered your plants. Otherwise, take it at face value as being a nice, helpful thing she did and think nothing more of it.

Are you thinking this is odd because she's good with plants and orchids don't need a lot of water (iirc)?

Yes partly JustSpidero. Also I just found it a bit odd but have accepted I'm BU

Yanbu. She was interfering. I would not like it either.

When DH's aunt came to stay a few years back (she lives abroad) she cleaned the cooker.

It was already clean.

I felt unworthy

I can see why you'd find it weird from that POV, but must admit I fecking hate houseplants (only know about orchids from a friend's FB post a couple of weeks ago).

If someone came and over-watered the couple of triffids DH insists on cultivating I'd be living in hope that it would kill them off tbh.

You have a sick child and a small baby. Your MIL was just trying to be helpful. I don't see anything weird about it.

With an orchid, you are supposed to submerge pot in water, then let it drain out. Then pour off excess out of tray.,

If she is normally good with plants then I think it's sabotage