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AIBU?

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To be pissed off with MIL's comments?

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inpixiehollow · 22/06/2021 17:45

So me and my partner have a daughter who is almost one and are due another baby in November. Me and OH weren't fussed about the baby's sex at all but found our we're expecting a baby boy. We've had lovely reactions off everybody except MIL who keeps rubbing me up the wrong way with the sort of comments she is making.
I should add that my partner is her only child and she is the typical overbearing, pandering to OH type of MIL.
So firstly she said something to the effect of "ooh I can finally have trainsets again!" the first time I just thought it was a bit weird but upon the 3rd time of her saying it my partner replied "daughter would have trainsets too!" And she said "yes but it's different" Hmm
Another time visiting our house she saw some clothes hanging up that we had bought for baby. She said "It's lovely to see little boys clothes!" Which doesn't seem too bizarre but she basically gave me a dressing down about our daughters wardrobe and how "she has too many clothes". She also put on Facebook "how wonderful it will be to have a mini-partners name"
I'm starting to feel like there is going to be favouritism especially when the baby is born and also wish she would acknowledge the baby will be his own self. AIBU to get annoyed? I don't mind her being excited but it already feels like my daughter isn't good enough.

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NakedAttraction · 22/06/2021 23:49

At the moment it definitely feels it could go that way but I guess remains to be seen how she is once baby is here.

Exactly! Try to stop worrying about something that hasn’t even happened yet!

I have a biased view on this because I didn’t find out the sex with either of mine but I do sometimes think no good comes from finding out!

daisyjgrey · 23/06/2021 00:03

My dad's mother, after the birth of my younger sister, said to him "only real men have sons" and then flounced off.

Some people, are twats. Your mother in law is a twat.

SnackSizeRaisin · 23/06/2021 01:00

If you don't like her then everything she says will annoy you. I have this problem! There may be perfectly valid reasons that you don't like her. And the sexist remarks implying that boys are worth more than girls are probably enough justification in my view. However, just wait and see what happens when the baby is actually born. Chances are things will sort themselves out. In any case you are not obligated to let the children spend unsupervised time with her, if you think it's not in their interests.

TwoAndAnOnion · 23/06/2021 02:21

@Horehound

God, I'd be very careful about unsupervised contact here.
Why?
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