DH is a freelance journalist who specialises in fairly obscure stuff so most of what he writes goes in trade magazines, professional journals etc. However he does write more mainstream stuff for a number of national newspapers and occasionally has a piece in the one PILs read. This is the only time they ever see his work. Everytime this happens they make some disparaging comment about it and it is really winding me up because he is too nice to let them see how hurtful he finds it to have what he does dismissed in this offhand way' .
A few months ago we were with PILs when FIL said: Oh I saw your article this week, very boring I thought. To which MIL added: 'I didn't bother to read it because I was too busy.'
Last night DH was talking to his mum on the phone and she said 'I saw your article this week. It was very short and a bit obscure.'
What I don't understand is if they can't say anything nice why do they have to say anything at all? It is not as if he tells them when he has a piece in their paper, he gave up on that long ago.
Come on guys, am I being unreasonable? And if not should I carry on biting my tongue because next time his mum makes a cutting comment like that I am likely to snap and tell her what I think and how she doesn't deserve a son like my lovely DH.