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AIBU?

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ABIU for telling her she can't see her grandson.

100 replies

Mummytomydumplingxx · 12/06/2016 19:37

My OH mother smashed up mothers day stuff from DD over a blow up bed am I being ABIU for telling her that is disgusting for her to do that and take it out on a 5 months old baby for an argument over a blow up bed?

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Mummytomydumplingxx · 12/06/2016 21:45

FIL came to see us before this happened but if she tells him he can't see DS then he won't come and I have 2 children one from a pervious relationship and I mistakenly put DD instead of DS

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Birdsgottafly · 12/06/2016 21:46

OP, she seems to want to have a petty gripe against you and she will act on it, violently.

If your DH has grown up with this, he won't realise how bad this behaviour is and how damaging it is to have around your children.

He will need your support, to view his Mother for what she is and protect your children from her.

Mummytomydumplingxx · 12/06/2016 21:47

I haven't posted about her before lol I have had a post about my mother but that was last year

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Leggytadpole · 12/06/2016 21:51

Someone else then, sorry.

She does sound unhinged, it's not normal to do that, especially to gifts from kids. I'd keep clear of her.

RJnomore1 · 12/06/2016 21:52

I recognise the he's too but can't think of the back story.

So op and her partner borrow an air bed from mil.

Mil is given mothers days presents from the grandchild

Op buys a bed and mil is furious she isn't immediately told, smashes the presents and sends a photo disowning her son.

Op I never say this but your mil is a fruit loop. Stay far far away. And don't give it head space, it is her loss

evileyes · 12/06/2016 21:56

If what RJnomore1 has summarised is actually what happened (I have no idea from OP's posts) then YANBU.

However, YABU to drip feed in such a confusing way and not to use full stops often enough.

Mummytomydumplingxx · 12/06/2016 21:59

I posted the original post before I had finished it and couldn't find how to edit it and as for the full stops that is poor grammar on my part I do apologise.

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alice298 · 12/06/2016 22:00

Oh god, PLEASE use punctuation! Seriously. This makes you sound unhinged, the stream of consciousness....

Mummytomydumplingxx · 12/06/2016 22:02

Never been good with punctuation I have dyslexia .

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gonetoseeamanaboutadog · 12/06/2016 22:41

It doesn't sound like she's up for having a relationship anyway, does it? Not if you're all dead to her etc.

I wouldn't have my children around someone who was violent, either. I think you've made the only decision you can, in the circumstances.

It's a pity.

gonetoseeamanaboutadog · 12/06/2016 22:42

Don't worry about grammar :)

Tiredofsummer · 12/06/2016 22:54

I get this, just cut contact.

PovertyPain · 12/06/2016 23:39

I suspected dyslexia, OP, but didn't want to ask. Pay no heed to people criticising your grammar. I understand what you've been saying. She sounds horrible and I hope your poor husband finds the strength to get away from her.

I know you bought the presents, but they should have been a lovely keepsake of when she became a grandmother. The kids used to love it when I showed them the stuff they bought me, when they were babies. They're lovely keepsakes of a special time.

If a man did this no one would suggest he was mentally ill. They'd just think he was a nasty bully and it sounds like that's all she is. Just be aware that, if you break contact, she'll send her 'flying monkeys' to harass you. They are people that usually do her biding, ie her husband, and they will do it to get her off their backs.

blondieblondie · 12/06/2016 23:43

And your comment makes you sound awful, Alice.

steff13 · 13/06/2016 00:18

I think Mothers day is this weekend in America

First Sunday in May.

EyefulTower · 13/06/2016 00:43

Is that you Sharon?

Costaflyby11 · 13/06/2016 00:50

This is hard going! But I get the gist (I think)

She does not sound like someone I would want around my DS, and as she has only see her GC a few times since birth, it shouldn't be too hard to keep her away from them!

Sounds like your FIL needs to grow a pair though, my DF would never give up seeing his grand children no matter what my DM said/did!

Didactylos · 13/06/2016 00:53

Its weirdly manipulative, attention seeking and tantrumish to destroy a present, decapitate a stuffed toy and post pictures of it, whatever the perceived provocation or course of events

I would be very worried about this persons ability to maintain appropriate relationships, and while, if she was a close relative of mine might keep heavily boundaried contact myself, I would not be confident she would interact appropriately with my child.

Don't hesitate op, ignore her, ignore the messages and don't let her anywhere near you and your child again. Its not your job to try and fix this - and see the thread ' You cant communicate with batshit'

DecaffCoffeeAndRollupsPlease · 13/06/2016 01:00

Stay away from her. She's shown herself to be unstable by her actions, not a suitable role model for your children.

Don't contact her. Hopefully your partner will see that her behaviour is not normal and support you in going no contact.

MrsRyanGosling15 · 13/06/2016 01:02

Oh god, PLEASE stop acting like a dickhead Alice!

MadamDeathstare · 13/06/2016 01:37

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kali110 · 13/06/2016 01:45

Wtf is sharon Confused

BoatyMcBoat · 13/06/2016 09:08

hollie11 · 13/06/2016 20:38

Is it ozzy Osborne.......SHARONNNNNN

MumOnTheRunCatchingUp · 13/06/2016 20:40

Sharon and the wasp? that Sharon??

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