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Aghhh MIL

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misstiggiwinkle · 28/07/2020 11:21

My hugely overbearing, manipulative and down right rude expat MIL has just announced that she will be arriving at our house on Thursday morning (at 5.30am) straight off a flight from Hong Kong (where she lives) as they are going into a new lockdown on Wednesday due to rising corona cases.

I'm 28 weeks pregnant with dc3, my husband is also on the vulnerable list. We have been extremely careful for the last 4 months and other than my 5yr old going to school with very draconian social distancing (squares in the playground, classes of 7 etc) and now the bloody woman wants to cross the world on a long haul flight, travel to us on public transport and pitch up for 'breakfast'. AIBU to say no?! And if IANBU then how to I stop her turning up regardless as she's that sort?

Her plans are then to 'hop on a train' to Edinburgh next week to go and stay with her 83yr old mother and visit her daughter along the way (who by the way is a hospital DR). I just feel like it's so painfully selfish and just because she fancies a holiday. Angry

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howfarwevecome · 31/07/2020 18:03

Fucking hell.

Tell your DH a momma's boy where he's actually willing to endanger his own wife and children's health rather than upset his mother is not acceptable in a marriage and he needs to grow a fucking backbone and stop pretending he can mediate he behaviour. he needs to say 'NO' to her and own it himself, not let you do his dirty work and then act like he didn't have a choice. Manbaby. how unattractive.

Unbelievable.

InDreamland · 02/08/2020 20:43

Hope you're okay OP and your MIL is quarantining/isolating in a hotel for 2 weeks.

MumW · 02/08/2020 20:53

Way to go misstiggiwinkle!

gingerbiscuits · 03/08/2020 00:48

NO, NO, NO!!! Everything she's planning is exactly how the bloody virus spread globally in the 1st place - what an unbelievably stupid woman she is!!! Keep your doors closed!!!

Princessbanana · 03/08/2020 16:32

🎉🎉💪💐

Jokie · 03/08/2020 18:24

Well done for telling her straight. Has there been any fallout since? @misstiggiwinkle

FelicityPike · 03/08/2020 18:50

@gingerbiscuits

NO, NO, NO!!! Everything she's planning is exactly how the bloody virus spread globally in the 1st place - what an unbelievably stupid woman she is!!! Keep your doors closed!!!
Did you not RTFT?
PaintedBottom · 05/08/2020 23:35

I wonder if MIL has managed to stay away?

LemonadeAndDaisyChains · 06/08/2020 01:07

I wonder if MIL has managed to stay away?

I hope so!!

LookItsMeAgain · 07/08/2020 13:37

I read your update @misstiggiwinkle, but has there been any further attempts by either your DH to allow his mother visit or by your MiL to visit regardless?
I do hope that this isn't putting you under any undue stress that could be impacting on your blood pressure or your pregnancy.

Mumsn0t · 02/10/2020 22:45

Came across this clearing out my emails -loads of 'hot threads' emails...

Anyway! What happened in the end?

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