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To think this is batshit in the extreme?

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AintNobodyHereButUsChickens · 10/03/2020 12:30

My son is 9 now, me and sister in law were pregnant at the same time although I was due a couple of months before her. She never said it to my face but she was furious that I'd gotten pregnant before she had, it meant that I would give the in laws their first grandchild and she wouldn't. Anyway, as I was nearing my due date she used to say stuff like "If my DD was born now she'd be the eldest instead." (Bearing in mind that she was due two months after me!) On a few occasions she actually said she wished her DD would be born early and she would hint that her consultant said he needed to do an early Csection Shock The babies ended up being born in their intended months, mine being first.

Anyway fast forward a few years and they moved away to the opposite end of the country and we hardly see them anymore. Recently, DN came up for a visit and her and my DS got talking about their birthdays and their ages and who was the oldest etc. They got into an argument because DN was insistent that her birthday was.... three months earlier than it actually is. DN came and asked us when her birthday is (she was at our house at the time) and we told her when it was, her real birthday, we showed her on the calendar. And she refused to believe us, she kept saying "So my mum's been lying to me my whole life about when my birthday is? My birthday is not 'X' but actually 'Y'??" We got her to ask MIL when her birthday was and MIL was like "Errm, it's , why?" And DN just kept saying "So my mum's lied to me this whole time?"

What the hell?! Who does that??

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emilybrontescorsett · 10/03/2020 12:55

Absolutely batshit.
Poor dn she will never be able to believe a word her parents say.

Raindancer411 · 10/03/2020 12:57

How long did she think she would get away with that. Any stay in hospital they ask for your date of birth before dispensing meds, so what a can of worms would that cause?!

Shinycat · 10/03/2020 12:59

@AintNobodyHereButUsChickens

I cannot fathom how 9 years have gone by without this coming out. The school must have had the correct birthdate, and the doctors and the hospital and the dentists and the opticians etc etc...

If it IS true (and I am not saying it isn't,) then it's very disturbing indeed and your SIL sounds unhinged.

That poor child. Sad

SavoyCabbage · 10/03/2020 13:01

No nine year old would believe their aunt knows their birthday more than they did or their own mother.

Why didn't she just assume you were in the wrong?

Fuss · 10/03/2020 13:04

@JuanSheetIsPlenty OP has an extremely long posting history. If it's bullshit she's been playing the long game for several years 😂

AnneLovesGilbert · 10/03/2020 13:04

So she thinks you’ve missed her birthday every year and your card and gift are 3 months late? Really?

JuanSheetIsPlenty · 10/03/2020 13:07

Ahh thanks fuss- it just seemed far too bonkers to be true! Grin

TreeTopTim · 10/03/2020 13:09

WTF?! Confused How does this even work?

recklessruby · 10/03/2020 13:10

It s crazy. My friend works in a primary school and knows all the dc birthdays in her class of 25.
On the day the birthday child gets a card and the class sing happy birthday.
Poor dn wouldnt have a clue why.
How long did her mother think she could keep it up?
At secondary school we do some important trips abroad so dc need passports. Some are for educational purposes so what will her mother say when dn is the only one of a year group not going on the trip? (Cant claim poverty, we have a fund for dc whose parents cant afford it).

GulliBelle · 10/03/2020 13:10

I think the 9 year old is winding you up

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HonestlyItsFine · 10/03/2020 13:14

If this is true- and I wonder about the logistics of birthday presents, school etc- then your SIL is completely bonkers.

Witchofzog · 10/03/2020 13:14

So can you clarify - is the dh involved in this lie too? And how about school registration etc? Surely that would have to be the correct date of birth. And how would family birthday cards etc work when your niece would have thought no one was bothered

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RedRed9 · 10/03/2020 13:18

Was she not upset that all your side of the family didn’t ever send her birthday cards for the day?

I think also think it’s a leap that she immediately jumped to specifically her mum lying to her (rather than both her parents or thinking you were all winding her up). And if they did think it was their parents lying to them then any 9 y/old I knew would be straight on the phone to their mum/dad.

MyGhastIsFlabbered · 10/03/2020 13:20

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Figgygal · 10/03/2020 13:21

how has her birthday been managed within the family for 9 years?

That is Crackers

GulliBelle · 10/03/2020 13:22

A quick phone call to the sil or op's brother would clear things up.

PegLegAntoine · 10/03/2020 13:24

No way 🙈

JohnnyJohnnyYesMama · 10/03/2020 13:25

Did she never get any phone calls on her real birthday? Poor girl

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 10/03/2020 13:26

How old is your neice?

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 10/03/2020 13:26

Ah sorry she's 9 aswell.

slipperywhensparticus · 10/03/2020 13:28

Wow

slipperywhensparticus · 10/03/2020 13:29

Wow

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 10/03/2020 13:29

Ask her parents why they have been lying tk her? And what's the point of lying to the child, if the rest of the family know when her real birthday is. I thought she was annoyed because she wanted her to be the first grandchild? What's the point of lying, if only the child believes the lie?

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