My MIL of 10 years has made a few comments recently which have really got to me. Last week, she was essentially slagging off my 5yr old daughter (her granddaughter!) to a bunch of strangers at a party, saying about how wonderful all the grandsons are and then my DD came along “and she is a little sht, she really is a little sht, whatever the little brat wants she gets!” And looking at me laughing, expecting me to join in with her? And these strangers were sat there laughing, and I was angry so walked off to find DH and told him what MIL had said, and he just went “oh”. And that was it.
Then after the party was finished, I was just expected to go completely out of my way making several trips in the car just to take them all home? Nobody even asked me beforehand or even at the time, she just told me I was taking them home. I didn’t get a please or thank you ☹️
Then today I called her to check she was still happy to collect kids from school tomorrow as they break up at 1pm and I’m at work, and on the phone she asks me if we’re free on the 29th? I said yes as far as I’m aware, why? And she then says that SIL and her DH and kids will be back from holiday and will be coming down to visit then, so we should go over as well so we can have a “proper Christmas” 🤨 we are going over on Xmas day and Boxing Day already, but according to her it’s not a proper Xmas because SIL and her bunch won’t be there. Maybe I’m being a bit sensitive but I don’t want my kids to feel as though they aren’t enough, and as far as I’m concerned it is a bloody proper Xmas! Just because the other 2 grandchildren aren’t there it doesn’t mean we have to treat it like a normal day ☹️ Why do we have to pause Xmas because they decided to go to bloody Disneyland for a week?!