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Upsetting situation.

166 replies

Selinasupreme · 18/11/2014 18:47

So me and a relative have fallen out over something and usually when this happens I extend the olive branch even if I feel like ive done nothing wrong but I just can't see how this is acceptable.

My relative is pregnant with her first child conceived via IVF and all is well, we are all over the moon she is 8 months pregnant, I very recently conceived a child after my wedding and was told during an early scan that I have probably had a MMC so the prenancy might not progress.

During this time my relative has fallen out with me and told me I got married (to my partner of 5 years and father of my 16mo ds) to overshadow her pregnancy and that I then conceived a child to overshadow her pregnancy and the "misscarriage thing" is another way to get attention off everyone. I don't really like attention and am a very private person but I expected people close to me to be supportive during a hard time for me or at least if they can't be supportive to be civil.

So it gets worse, the day after I had the scan I got a text off this relative saying another close relative was 12 weeks pregnant, everything was a bit raw but I was happy to hear the news, then she text me saying "I was only joking she isn't pregnant really" and then started sending me texts asking what I had been doing to plan her baby shower and wanted to know about the decor as she didn't want it to clash with her Christmas decorations.

Has anyone else ever experienced anything similar to this? I would really appreciate an outsiders perspective.

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VinoTime · 18/11/2014 22:27

She sounds like a peach Hmm

Drop her, OP. She sounds incredibly self centered and spiteful. Just stop bothering with her. I'm not sure I could forgive somebody who told me I was miscarrying "for attention".

Seriously. Is she 3 years old? Tell her to get to fuck and beyond.

I'm dreadfully sorry you're having a hard time of it. I hope all is well on Friday - I'll check back in on you then Flowers

vichill · 18/11/2014 22:33

Unhinged bitch. I am absolutely raging for you. Please don't waste any more time or effort on her. And all the best for your future.

Viviennemary · 18/11/2014 22:34

She sounds like big trouble. I'd avoid her till she starts acting in a reasonable way and even then I'd be wary.

ludog · 18/11/2014 22:34

Best of luck on friday OP. I was told I'd had a mmc on my first pregnancy as I had sporadic bleeding and two inconclusive scans. That baby is 20 today so you might get good news on Friday. Your relative sounds unhinged, there's only so much leeway you can give for pregnancy hormones and she is way passed that already. Do whatever you need to protect yourself. Take care x

montymonty · 18/11/2014 22:38

What a nasty woman. Shove that olive branch up her arse.

Aeroflotgirl · 18/11/2014 22:43

She sounds absolutely bloody awful, I woukd never have anything to do with her ever again. Delete her number and block. I am sorry for your miscarriage Flowers. Your relative us heatless and cruel.

Aeroflotgirl · 18/11/2014 22:44

Just read your update. Go NC with her, she is so nasty

Ajaney · 18/11/2014 22:49

Best wishes for Friday.

I hardly ever swear but I am think of plenty of words to describe your relative!

anotherdayanothersquabble · 18/11/2014 22:51

Evil, evil, self centered woman, the more distance between your family and this woman the better. Take care of yourself and surround yourself with love in this very difficult of times, I wish you strength.

OhReallyDear · 18/11/2014 22:52

Poor you. I am so sorry about your situation. This crazy person is poison. You should just cut her off your life.

AliceLidl · 18/11/2014 23:16

I'm so sorry OP, I hope you get good news on Friday.

A relative has done this to me.

We lost a baby to stillbirth at the end of our second trimester. Because I wasn't full term, lots of people didn't think our baby was real.

This particular relative told me she knew exactly how I felt, as she had a small bleed a few days before DS was born and thought it meant he would be born with a missing finger or something.

Three days after I gave birth to our stillborn son, she asked me if it still hurts to give birth if the baby is already dead.

She discussed what was ''wrong" with me with total strangers and then told the family their opinion on me as though it were fact.

She threw a tantrum the night before our sons funeral because DH "sounded miserable" on the phone and she took offence, then sulked through the funeral because I was too upset to read a poem she had written.

We went on to lose another baby to prematurity and this relative put our photo's of our daughter in a box of rubbish, asked if she was born with all of her face or with bits missing (she was tiny but perfect), and told us our children didn't count as proper grandchildren.

It took months and months for us to come through the shock and upset of our losses, which were very close together, just eleven months between losing our son and losing our daughter.

The nasty comments and gossip had carried on throughout, right through to after we had another baby, fortunately this time all went well. But this relative wouldn't stop making these comments and when confronted, took offence and started spreading lies and blaming me for upsetting her rather than the other way around.

It was awful and again it went on for months. Eventually it was easier to cut contact altogether and I feel much better for it. I believe part of the problem was that this relative likes to be the centre of attention and hates anyone else to get any sort of sympathy or special attention, even though we would have given anything not to be in that situation in the first place.

I'm sorry your relative is being this way. I'm guessing she is a very close relative, so cutting contact might not be easy if you do decide to go down that road.

Our other relatives have found it very hard to understand, it's meant we've lost contact with more than the person concerned, some have taken their side, others just seem to have fallen by the wayside because it's hard to see them without also seeing the one we have cut contact with. I've had a lot of abuse from one other relative in particular, another just cut me off completely.

It's not easy. But it has been the right thing for us because continued contact with the relative in question was making me ill.

I hope you can find a solution that suits you and that you will be alright. Flowers

ChasedByBees · 18/11/2014 23:19

I'm crossing everything for good news for you on Friday. Thanks

She is an utter bitch.

ChasedByBees · 18/11/2014 23:21

Alice, I remember your posts. I'm glad you've cut contact but I'm sorry others have also been unpleasant.

Ohfourfoxache · 19/11/2014 00:37

She sounds utterly vile. Actually, scrub that - beyond vile.

Ignore her, you don't need that shit in your life. Between implying that you're going through this "on purpose" and falsely claiming that another relative is pg and whinging about her baby shower - well, you certainly don't need enemies, do you? She will suffice Sad

Alice I remember your posts - hope you're having a slightly easier time now that you've cut contact, but sorry to hear that others have been nasty x

Selinasupreme · 19/11/2014 07:26

alicelidl I'm so sorry for your losses and yours sounds like my relative times a thousand, but I know that if I had been I. Your situation she would have been the same. I am prepared for other relatives to go no contact and am prepared for spiteful rumours also x

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Whocansay · 19/11/2014 08:12

I'm horrified that people can be so cruel and unkind. I have nothing to add but Flowers to you OP and AliceLidl . I wouldn't have these people in my life. They are wicked for saying such things.

wonkylegs · 19/11/2014 08:22

I'm sorry that you are in that horrible limbo waiting land. I'm there too and will like you find out on Friday. It is a horrible enough experience without the added stress of a self centred & frankly nasty relative.
Ignore and at least cut contact until you feel capable of dealing with her.
I haven't told my mother what we're going through due to her ability to offend without trying. It's awful as I could do with the support but I just know that she will do/say something unforgivable and I can't cope with that right now.

Groovee · 19/11/2014 08:32

Cutting contact would be the best thing for you, hoping all goes ok on Friday for you x

FunkyBoldRibena · 19/11/2014 08:39

Good grief. Remove this person from your life immediately!

What a complete and utter bitch.

Flowers to you for Friday. Stay calm, warm and pay her no mind ever again.

TwinkleDust · 19/11/2014 09:14

Share with one or two other family members exactly what she has been saying, before Friday. Because whatever happens, she appears to be the sort of person to thrive on manipulating situations and will take advantage of any dignified silence on your part to either deny or twist what has happened.

catsmother · 19/11/2014 09:42

I'm so sorry for what you're going through and will be thinking of you on Friday. I've had several MCs so know how it feels, along with the "not knowing" period while everything's up in the air - hope very much you have positive news, obviously.

This relative - sister perhaps ? - is vile. There is NO justification for her appalling attitude, it's pure spite. Assuming there isn't some massive backstory here where you did her some sort of terrible wrong can only guess that she must have a massive inferiority complex deep down and is jealous of you - hence her attempts to insult you, upset you and run you down.

I'm afraid I have experience of this sort of thing from an equally close relative. I didn't expect to be bosom buddies - you can't choose your family and all that - but basic civility on family occasions shouldn't have been too much to ask for. Instead, this person would always get a dig (or several) in, every time, and they were often very nasty. She manipulated other relatives, who were "scared" to stand up to her because any "upset" she claimed to feel, over the most insignificant "slight" would result in embarrassing histrionics and drama. She also seemed to delight in winding up my eldest child, which was, apparently a "joke". I could go on, with all sorts of specific stories, but won't, because this is your thread. However ..... the point is, I eventually went NC with this person, because the stress of each and every contact with her was soul destroying and because I didn't want my child (and future children) to be exposed to someone so two faced and nasty. Because she was a close relative I felt obliged to explain (via a carefully worded and long letter) to other close relatives why I was doing this and to my relief, discovered that one whole section of the family also felt the same way I did - so I wasn't overreacting, or being precious - and those people have been very generous towards me so far as maintaining family events and keeping us apart (by not inviting her). However, I do know that this state of affairs has upset some relatives - and I periodically get the "wish you could be friends" speech, which I don't get involved in discussing as you can't automatically be friends with someone horrid - it would all be some stupid pointless "act" and would do my mental health no good at all. Over the years I've heard news of her from other family which has shocked me and has confirmed that this person is still as nasty as they ever were. Undoubtedly, there have been a few occasions - over a long period - where realistically, this person and myself were both invited because neither "could" be left out, and because I found out she was going I chose to decline ..... but because my family don't socialise too often anyway, this hasn't been a huge deal. There will be some future events - am thinking funerals - where I can't avoid this person and am dreading having to come face to face with her then as it would be typical of her to be snide and spiteful banking on the fact I wouldn't cause a scene. However, I also have the support of some relatives as mentioned before who I think would intervene if necessary.

It's hard going NC no doubt, but the alternative is worse. It sounds like you've bent over backwards for this person but have had it all flung in your face so your conscience would be clear if you did decide to cut her out of your life.

Noggie · 19/11/2014 10:12

You poor thing! Having a miscarriage us horrendous enough without having to deal with that type of behaviour. I would be tempted to write a short note explaining that you are very upset and leave it that. Some things are difficult to forgive- even if she does see sense and apologises.

MokunMokun · 19/11/2014 10:27

Good luck for Friday x

I think sometimes you have to question whether what someone adds to your life is more than they take away. If it's negative, you really don't need them in your life anymore.

Hope that makes sense somehow.

RiverTam · 19/11/2014 10:35

'dear bitchcunt relative

In the light of your recent hateful comments, I will deliver the hamper I have made for you and your baby, but please do not get in touch with me again - you have shown your true colours and you are not someone I want around me or my family any longer.

Selina'

and go NC.

What a fucking piece of work. Poor child, having that as a mother. And I wouldn't hesitate to tell all and sundry what she has said to you - if you have emails, all the better, hard to deny the written word, though I daresay she'll try.

Best wishes for Friday.

PeppermintPasty · 19/11/2014 10:39

There is hope op. Like a pp says, I was also told I'd had one as I had massive bleeding etc (had one a few months before so knew the signs).

She's 4 and a half now.

Best of luck.

And take no shit off that twisted git Flowers

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