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AIBU to feel annoyed with sil??

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Bubblebell1 · 02/05/2009 12:11

Dh is the oldest of 5 boys. All his brothers GFs are 25 and under and up until now i thought i got along with all of them.
We have 2 ds, 1 of my Sil is pg and the others have no kids.
Recently, The pg sil has been in contact more. She told me that another of my sil has said.. 'dont talk about babies with bubble, She will steal your baby names. like she did mine!'
Now Im not being funny but is that not abit childish?? For a start i definatly did not 'steal' her baby names? I feel really annoyed with her and want to say something but am worried i will rock the boat with mil and other sils...

wwud??

tia

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PortBlacksandResident · 02/05/2009 12:13

LOL at stealing baby names when there are none on the horizon!

Don't think pregnant SIL should have told you that tbh. Maybe she's trying to establish a closer relationship with you now she's PG through causing trouble with others.

Rise above it.

PM73 · 02/05/2009 12:15

How can you have stolen 'her' baby names when she has no children?

I would ignore the silly woman,at the end of the day you have 2 lovely boys to look after,i wouldnt waste anymore time on her.

bigchris · 02/05/2009 12:16

oh I hate it when someone tells you something that someone else has said that is mean
what is the point of telling you that, it's really bitchy and shit stirring

Bubblebell1 · 02/05/2009 12:21

Thanks..
I did think that maybe pg sil was stirring it abit. However the victim of the stolen baby names has told lies about me before.. I live about a 2hr drive from them and once after we had visited she told MIL i broke her guinea pigs leg! I didnt even touch her guinea pig!!

This is so petty and i feel just telling you about it.

I suppose the reason it bothers me most is that they live with MIL and i dont want things to get out of hand.

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IneedAbetterNickname · 02/05/2009 12:31

YANBU, I am nearly always annoyed with my SIL! Her DS1 is 5 months younger than my DS2, so we were pregnant at the same time. She told us that if she had a boy they were going to call him Oscar, then after her 20 week scan, when she found out she was having a boy she still said Oscar. I didn't know what I was having, then when he was a boy named him Joshua. Within days of Joshua's birth, SIL started saying that she was calling her son Toby. When I asked her why she changed her mind (which she is allowed to do of course) she said that she'd never liked the name Oscar, she only said it because she was so sure I would 'steal' her baby name! She's a twat lol

bigchris · 02/05/2009 12:33

, that is so silly and petty and just, well, wierd!

Blondeshavemorefun · 02/05/2009 13:13

sounds to me the preg sil is stirring - why tell you what the other one supposedly said?

and if you like a name that much, then dont tell ANYONE

CapnScurvySeaWitch · 02/05/2009 13:43

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2rebecca · 02/05/2009 15:08

If they're still living with their mum then they're just girls and I'd rise above it. How can you have baby names when you've not even moved away from mummy? They're either very young or very immature or both. Ignore it.

2rebecca · 02/05/2009 15:11

Actually rereading your post are these young girls actually living with their boyfriends mum ie your husband's mum not their own mum? That sounds even stranger. Does she live in a mansion or something that she has all these sons and their girlfriends living with her?
I do regard adults who haven't moved out of the parental home as not proper grown ups though as I do think you mature alot when you become properly independant, especially if you move away.

DesperateHousewifeToo · 02/05/2009 15:20

Just laugh it off. Don't get drawn in to it.

It's very immature and insecure behaviour.

Bubblebell1 · 02/05/2009 16:01

Thanks everyone!!

It is all very strange. What is most crazy is that no baby name conversations ever happened. None of them were pg at the time so didnt feel the need to discuss it with them.
Sil has never been pg and never even mentioned baby names whilst we were expecting. Then when ds2 was a few weeks old told me she was still going to call her baby ds2s' name.

Yes 2rebecca they do live with my mil. DH and i think its very strange. She has a largeish house but not huge. They did rent for a while but bil wanted to move back home and she came with him. MIL is too soft to say anything. Poor dh... after all you cant chose your family

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purpleduck · 02/05/2009 16:11

I would wrap the name up in giftpaper and give it back.

Bubblebell1 · 03/05/2009 08:51

LOL

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