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Lazy SIL am I being unreasonable?

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Bozlem80 · 13/06/2019 11:06

I just want to know if I’m being unreasonable? I work in our little family business & I’m getting rather pissed off with my SIL! I do a lot of heavy lifting & picking orders but she swans in & sits down on her arse at the computer doing not a lot! She doesn’t even bother asking if anything needs to be done, yesterday after putting stock away my DH asked me if I was going to make us all a coffee he was serious too! I saw red & told him to fuck off & ask his precious sister instead, he would rather upset me than his sister, so I’m in today & yet again lifting & carrying whilst she sits on her backside claiming to be soooo busy. I’m in a t-shirt & she is sat there in big coat & the heater on! I’ve already told my DH I hate working there but he takes very little notice of me in general!

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InTheHeatofLisbon · 13/06/2019 16:33

Hide the chair. Tell her until she gets off her arse and actually helps, she isn't getting it back.

Oh and tell your DH that having a penis doesn't exclude him from making hot drinks or indeed telling his SIL to get off her arse and work.

TheCatDidSay · 13/06/2019 16:36

Sounds like sil is doing whatever her job role is if she’s always at the computer and not being asked to fetch coffees or lift things.

Until you answer the questions asked by others who knows if you are unreasonable or not.

mummmy2017 · 13/06/2019 16:36

If he ask for coffee, say yes please. Two sugars.

woollyheart · 13/06/2019 16:41

You don't have to do this job. Find another one that suits you better.

smallereveryday · 13/06/2019 16:51

OP you need to rearrange your thinking .
DH asked me if I was going to make us all a he was serious too! I saw red & told him to fuck off & ask his precious sister instead, he would rather upset me than his sister,

Can you not see that this is appallingly sexist? Why can't your DH make a bloody cuppa or did his arms fall of when his balls dropped ?

Go work somewhere else . Then she will have to do more of the grunt work and he might learn to boil a kettle.

Is this a cultural thing where you don't work outside the family ? Don't let antiquated 'cultural' pressure keep you there. 'Cultural ' is often used by men to justify controlling behaviour. Time to think about you. !

Beautiful3 · 13/06/2019 17:04

Get a job else where.

INeedAFlerken · 13/06/2019 17:09

Just quit. Seriously. Quit. Tell your DH you're done and why. And tell him your marriage won't survive if he expects you to continue working there and being everyone's skivvy, especially when his precious sister does fuck all and no one says a word.

I would also reevaluate my life with him.

ReanimatedSGB · 13/06/2019 19:10

I wonder if OP is from a cultural background where this sort of exploitation is expected - 'everyone' works in family businesses for little or no money, especially the women.
What about your own family, OP? Are they part of the same culture, or would they be willing to support you in getting out of what sounds like a pretty grim situation.

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