AIBU Mother In Law from hell

[Mama8474749]

AIBU?
Last week, my mother in law spoke to me and told me social services will be in touch as my child is malnourished (all coz she wouldn’t eat the food that she’d given her). I took it on the chin despite being extremely upset, she’s not malnourished, in fact she’s a couple of pounds over and eats well some days, and some days less so (find me a kid who doesn’t)

I’ve now just had word that unless we take lateral flow tests in the car outside (she wants to watch through the window of said car so she knows we’ve done it) and she won’t let us in to her house tomorrow.

I’ve been super careful with Covid and my hubby tested positive after seeing her when she’d had a close contact trace from a flight so feel it’s a bit pot and kettle.

AIBU in telling her to take a long walk?

I should add, it was in October that hubs tested positive so not connected to the testing request on Xmas day!

I wouldn't go to her house.

Wouldn't go tbh

Just to add, I will test before going to family tomorrow but I wouldn't tolerate her attitude.

Tell her to save her the stress of worrying about covid you won't come. Sounds like a win for you not having to go. I certainly wouldn't speak to someone ever again who had reported me to social services for nothing.

Wtf did your OH say when his mother reported you to SS? I wouldnt be going based on that alone

Why would you agree to spend Christmas with someone who accuses you of abusing your child by neglecting her in the first place?!

Why do you want to go to someone's house who phoned social services on you?

Tell her to get fucked

I fully intended to test first thing tomorrow but this apparently isn’t acceptable, she wants to see us do it.

I don’t think she actually did. I think she was in such a spin because she wouldn’t eat the food that she lost her rag but the threat alone, really upset me.

Don't do it. Put your foot down now.

Not Christmas, literally less than an hour to keep the peace.

Wtf. What did your partner say about the social services threat?!

She’d never see my dc again making threats like that. Cow.

You are not seriously going to do this are you? Inspired by another thread, make a positive LFT. Tell her you cant go. How sad.
You wont have to put up with her on Christmas Day.
Because I am certain this is just the tip of the iceberg!

He called straight away; and she back peddled saying when she starts school, teachers will want to know why she’s malnourished. She really truly isn’t, by the way. I don’t want anyone thinking I’m a bad mum.

@Mama8474749

Not Christmas, literally less than an hour to keep the peace.

But you quite literally aren’t in peace - so why bother?

I don’t know what the f* to do! 1/2 of me thinks, just do it, for the peace.
The other half, the Capricorn in me, is wanting to make sure she doesn’t see any of us for a good long while.

Im informed on another thread that orange juice produces a false positive on lft tests.

For the kids? I guess.

I’d almost moved past it all in my head, made excuses for her etc, for my OH to come in and tell me about the bloody testing thing.

Don’t give her the satisfaction of obeying her, this is about control, given her malicious complaint to social services.

Just do the tests as she asked. It’s not that big a deal. You’ve said you’ll go and presumably your DD is looking forward to it.

Tell her to fuck off and be done with her dramatic behaviour

Don’t make your kids have a relationship with this horrible woman, IMO.

I swear this pandemic has just given some people the excuse to be the worst possible version of themselves. In what possible other circumstance would someone think it OK to demand to watch you take a medical test?