My DD is 7.5 years old. She is a beautiful tall girl (unlike the teeny tiny mil) with lovely long legs. But they are quite hairy, as are mine. I've never said anything about the hairs on her legs or arms as I know it's a sensitive issue with girls.
SO! My girl comes home and says, 'nanny says I've got monkey legs'. 'Why?' I asked. 'Because they're hairy'.
Now. You may have gathered, that relationships with my MIL are not great, mostly because of insensitivies like this across the years. But I've always made an effort to keep her involved in DD's life as she's the only grandchild.
She will have said it thinking it's funny but it's not. It's cruel and it's hurtful and days later my girl is still saying about how hairy her monkey legs are.
What do I do? I know IABU to want to smack her. Physical violence on an 80 year old is never good, but God give me strentgh! If I say anythinga bout it she'll get huffy, deny she said it and think I'm being 'funny' with her again. As usual.
I could tell dh's sister and she could perhaps have a word, but SIL and MIL are close and both probably think I'm being over sensitive about this. I'm not am I???