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AIBU?

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To be fed up with OH & BIL sickly relationship

133 replies

isitjustthehormones · 19/01/2022 14:44

I have done a thread about BIL before but here I am again giving him too much thought.

I don't know how to explain it I just find him terribly annoying and him & OH together is my idea of hell.

He rings OH soon as he finishes work then they will talk the whole entire drive back. Constantly texting and sending each other videos. They talk about crap aswell. If I ever try and have an opinion on something BIL will just right it off and tell me that I am wrong. OH won't say anything to him then the atmosphere after that is just awkward.

To top it off he has just moved 5 minutes round the corner from us so I am now obliged to have dinner with him 2 times a week because they organised a "cook off".

I've just had enough I feel like I'm in a relationship with both of them!

AIBU? I'm not that close with my siblings so I don't know if it's just me but I just find the whole situation suffocating.

OP posts:
maddy68 · 20/01/2022 11:40

I think it sounds fairly normal. They're close!
I always. Hat to my family on the way home. It's a convenient time for everyone

You just don't like him.

Go out with a friend instead of seeing him

phishy · 20/01/2022 12:02

@maddy68

I think it sounds fairly normal. They're close! I always. Hat to my family on the way home. It's a convenient time for everyone

You just don't like him.

Go out with a friend instead of seeing him

You talk to your family every day after your partner picks you every day and drives you home?

That is just as rude as what's OP's partner does.

2Rebecca · 20/01/2022 12:12

It sounds as though he has chosen his brother over you. If he is putting all his emotional energy in to his brother then it will impact negatively on the marriage in the same way as an emotional affair. The same occurs for women who are constantly on the phone to their mothers and prioritise that relationship. If a marriage is to work you have to prioritise your spouse. That doesn't mean living in each other's pockets and having no time for yourself but it does mean prioritising that relationship. Brother needs to get his own life not piggy back on yours. I'd stop him coming on holidays too.
Hope he does go and stay with his brother

OniferousWasp · 20/01/2022 12:20

I see nothing wrong with their relationship. I think it’s lovely. Two meals together a week does not put you in a relationship with him.

AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken · 20/01/2022 12:42

Normal to be at home at 20 if you are not interested in university or otherwise broadening your horizons, I guess.

Crikey @HaveringWavering
Are you really this clueless or are you just trying to be argumentative?

whynotwhatknot · 20/01/2022 12:49

As per usual people not reading the whole thread

hes gone too far with his comments now-so youre a psycho because you want him to spend more time with you all as a family-unless you were already having a destination wedding going on honeymoon with you is weird

sanbeiji · 20/01/2022 13:06

@whynotwhatknot

As per usual people not reading the whole thread

hes gone too far with his comments now-so youre a psycho because you want him to spend more time with you all as a family-unless you were already having a destination wedding going on honeymoon with you is weird

Yeah OPignore all the non RTFT ypirDH is an idiptb
BoredZelda · 20/01/2022 13:45

Talk about tone deaf....do you also think it sweet that he wanted to come on honeymoon with them and that OP' husband called her a psycho for raising her concerns?

Yeah it’s amazing how quickly these things can escalate when an OP gets lots of YABU responses,

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