To be annoyed when the MIL reads any greetings cards we have?

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She always does it. I dont mind so much with general xmas cards or birthday cards off friends/relatives (even though i do still think she is being a nosey cow). But when she homes in on reading our valentines cards my dp and i have given each other and our xmas cards we give each other (she would know they would be ones my dp and i would have given each other with it saying things like "to the one i love" or "to my fiancee" on the front. Yesterday she came round and my mothers day cards were out (my ds is only 7 months - got two off my ds and one off my cats lol) so she would have known my dp would have personalised them on my ds behalf so she would have known they would have been soppy!

I find it really rude that she reads our cards which are private to each other as they do contain some soppy stuff in them. Or in the past when we have had problems we have wrote things like "sorry for our recent problems and lets make sure this next year is better" etc etc if you get what i mean.

I have the cards in our lounge so we can see them and do not want to take the cards down just for when she visits as i normally keep my cards up for 5-7 days (depending on the occasion).

Am i being unreasonable being annoyed that she thinks it acceptable reading our private messages to each other about how much we love each other etc etc?? Its embarressing that she reads our private feelings. Or am i just been miserable cow?

I should write something naughty in a card for him like what i am going to do to him in the bedroom ...... that may stop her reading our cards from now on!! I would never dream of picking up and reading her and fils cards to each other. Or anyones cards!

Love the horse idea. Please fell. . I'm sure Mr Fell won't mind if a load of random vipers strangers organise him a beautiful ceremony and all insist on turning up wearing wispy white dresses and strewing you both with petals. I might even sing.

Thanks for the warning re Hope Springs. Sometimes you watch these things and remember just exactly what makes you British

All branches of my and dhs family get offended if you dont notice and read the cards. As an adult I confess I used to read cards on display as I thought it was the done the thing, Dhs family are big card readers also so I guess its never been an issue for me. One Christmas a few years ago I was looking at my Mums hundreds of cards trying not yawn and out of the blue I came across one from step dad detailing what my mums xmas present was gonna be and almost vommed so Im kind of wary of picking up cards too these days. I can not look at a snow covered church anymore without images of my mum being "motted"

Oh FFS, VOW renewal, not vowel renewal! It is the autocorrect, not me.

Oh I definitely came over all British watching that - luckily DH wasn't with me.