So my DH and I have had quite a time recently.
To summarise, sold a house that was too small for us, decided to stay in my Dad’s caravan while our next sale went through because we didn’t want to loose our sale because it had been on the market for over a year etc. (and to save money to renovate the next house) my step-mum was very cold with us so clearly not keen on the idea. My friend offered her 1 bed-bungalow as an emergency, but that didn’t work out for our family of 4 so we decided to rent a holiday let (as it was only temporary and not many properties to rent nearby anyway), but eventually we had to pull out of the sale as the property had many issues, building survey was fine but there were issues with the boundaries, and we also found out the septic tank hadn’t been emptied for over 10 years and the field would flood often (so we were told by a neighbour who I knew).
So after all that, and not wanting to rush into buying another house as we weren’t keen on any in the area (quite a large area including many villages) we decided to long term let somewhere, and we are very happy here. However, it’s took a toll on us, emotionally and mentally, even our 6yo DD. So much so that DH had taken up some counselling sessions offered by his employer. DH was stressed the other day for whatever reason and he tried to hint to his Mum he was feeling low and she said to him “what does a young guy like you have to be depressed about.”
When the interest rates went crazy and our mortgage went from being £600 a month to almost £1000 a month (as our deal ended), and there were news articles of the “misery to those with mortgages” his Dad would joke saying if DH was one of those in misery!
Aibu to think their comments are unacceptable, and if they carry on I’ll have to ‘politely’ step in and tell them how DH is struggling at the moment (even though he’s tried to tell them before).