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AIBU?

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Overbearing MIL

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x1994x · 05/10/2024 19:43

AIBU?

I'm pregnant with my first child and due January so me and DP have started getting the babies room together, furniture built and clothes put in the wardrobe.

I've been really excited as I love decorating and organising, I've bought wooden wall lights and painted them just to give the room our own touch.

I'm expecting a boy so I have bought blue accessories as I don't want a bland white and grey bedroom (the walls are white and carpet is grey and I want to save money so can't replace)

MIL was at our house all day Friday whilst we was working as we was expecting a signed for delivery and I came home from work (she had since left) and my babies room had been reorganised - think cot and furniture swapped around, some of my wooden lights have been taken down and the blue curtains have been taken down just leaving my white blinds up.

My babies clothes that I still had folded in a bag as I wanted to go through them, wash them, put them away in size order and where I need them had all been put away and hung up, labels ripped off them etc

Felt like a massive invasion of privacy as there was no asking if she can do this or heads up nor did me or DP give permission for her to do this.

Both me and DP went mad and basically told her she can't go into peoples houses and act as if it's her own and take over duties I've been looking forward to do as a first time mum. She played the card of wanting to do something nice and got upset bla bla bla.

She's now not talking to us (which is fine by me tbh) but AIBU or has this taken the mick?!

OP posts:
CrazyAndSagittarius · 06/10/2024 14:21

Why on earth was she taking down lights and curtains? What was her rationale when you spoke to her? That seems like a very odd thing to do!

RickyGervaislovesdogs · 06/10/2024 14:23

How bizarre. What did she think was going to happen? I’d be bloody livid. All the work you did was for nothing.

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