AIBU to feel pissed of to come home to find that my MIL has cleaned my house?

[MissTweed]

My MIL and I have had the usual kind of relationship over the years, she thinks the sun shines out of her sons arse and I'm not good enough for him. She came to visit yesterday/today and whilst I was at work she cleaned my house. (She has a history of making snidely remarks about cleanliness/cooking etc etc. my DH thinks that I am totally overreacting but I see it as another dig. What are your thoughts?

[MissTweed]

My DH thinks that I am the one being unreasonable!! He's a mummy's boy and had the nerve to say "well she's got a point, whenever she visits you sit on your arse and I do all the cooking"!! So who does the cooking the other 364 days of the year then??? Guess who's not getting their dinner on the table from now on??

[ChippingInWiredOnCoffee]

Why in gods name did you cook for her last night. I'd have told her 'No, DH is cooking. He only does it when you are here, so I'm making the most of it. If you don't like his cooking, feel free to use the kitchen'.

She sounds like a nasty baggage - but hey, the housework is done so you can put your feet up for the weekend. Don't let that get to you, then she hasn't 'won' has she

[pigletmania]

Please send her to mine

[MissTweed]

To make it all worse....I think I've now got food poisoning?? :0( I've had a blazing row with my DH and I've moved into the spare room. :0(

[Colliecollie]

FGS why did you cook the meal and why did your DH not tell what for? You need to stand up for yourself. Will this be your first baby?

[exoticfruits]

I used to get upset with my MIL doing it but then I realised she just liked it and let her get on with it.

[ChippingInWiredOnCoffee]

Oh & as for your DH... words fail me. You had been at work all day, you are 6 months pregnant, he had the day off and he let his mother badger you into cooking?? He would have caught BOTH barrels and he'd be under no illusion he was skating on thin ice if he wanted to live in the same house as his wife & child. This Mummy's Boy shit stops now. Actually - words didn't really fail me, did they

[Blu]

Point out the facts to him plain and clear.

I very rarely advise anyone to show a thread to a DH, but it might be an eye opener to him to see how other people see this.

Fill a rucksack with something heavy, tell him to spend an hour on his feet wearing it back to front - i.e on his front, while wearing a pair of shoes a size too small. Then suggest he does a couple of hours cooking and cleaning in a hot room, without sitting down.

And ask him if he still thinks it reasonable that you stand up and cook after a days work while pg.

[Jinsei]

Your DH is being an absolute arse. He had better do some good grovelling!

Hope you haven't really got food poisoning - are you ok?

[ChippingInWiredOnCoffee]

Oh your poor thing :(

He is a bloody wimp isn't he.

How much longer is the old baggage staying for?

[Kez171271]

I babysat for my ex husband and his wife for the weekend. Cleaned their 7 bedroomed mansion from top to bottom.
I was just bored.

[Ginderella]

I think you have bigger problems than MIL cleaning the house.

[RiotsNotDiets]

You DH needs to check his attitude, what a wanker.

[lurkedtoolong]

I'd be more pissed off with DH than MIL. Tell him to fuck off home to mummy if that's how he feels. He's a waste of fucking space.

[Nanny0gg]

I don't think the cleaning would have been an issue if she'd been helping your DH with it.
But what on earth possessed the pair of you to give in to her demand that you cook?

[TheDoctrineOfAllan]

Op, saying "you sit on your arse" in the way he did is pretty disrespectful.

Is he usually like that?

[Ledkr]

Why not kill her with kindness?
Buy her sine flowers to say a massive thanks.
If she's being bitchy then it will have been a waste if time.
If helpfull then marvellous and you've said thanks.

[DIYapprentice]

You need to tell your DH that if he doesn't get his act together and do his best to make sure that the two most important women in his life actually develop a good relationship then the person who will suffer the most will be HIM. Because if she is antagonising you, then it will get to the point that you won't have her in the house, and if he kicks up about it, then he would quite likely bloody well follow.

[Fairylea]

I find it the height of rudeness for a guest to request who cooks and what to have. It isn't her place to decide, mil or not.

You definitely need to stand up to her and your dh needs to support you.

[CailinDana]

Your h is a nasty piece of work. Does he do anything around the house?

[HighInterestRat]

Mine does this too. I do see it as a subtle way to undermine me but think I appreciate the free cleaning more so just let her get on with it. Although when I came home to find out she had gone into our clothes basket and taken our dirty washing down to her house to wash and dry because our tumble dryer had given up the ghost I felt that crossed a line somewhat. .

[diddl]

I'm torn.

My house could do with a clean.

But, if MIL came to visit & husband was at home with her, he'd be pretty pissed off if she cleaned instead of spending time with him.

As for the cooking and.

Get him to pull his bloody finger out!

[mumat39]

I would be VERY annoyed too, but secretly happy that the house was cleaner than when I'd left it.

I would be very tempted to say something like 'oh, you missed a bit!' Obv when your DH isn't around.