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AIBU?

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to just lie to my mum?

53 replies

Booooooooooyhoo · 03/11/2009 23:22

i probably am and i know you lovely ladies will come up with some great alternatives but it really seems the easiest option.

story: OH (navy) is due home in just over 2 weeks after being away since ds2 was 11 days old (6 months ago). so mum (midwife, dunno if thats relevant or not) said brought home a load of leaflets on different contraception a few weeks ago. Oh and i had already decided to use persona and condoms for a few reasons. i dont want to take anything that will affect my hormones especially as OH will only be home every other weekend at most from jan. i get really bad mood swings and dont want to make them worse. the thing is, my mum wouldnt even consider persona and condoms (when ovulating) to be contraception. so she spoke on my behalf to a friend of hers and has decided for me that i should get the mirena coil. all this without discussing it with me. so now she is pressuring me to go and get it and saying im leaving it too late, and i just feel like telling her to p*ss right off and mind her bloody business. of course i would never do that. but if i did tell her that actually i'm not getting the coild, she wouldnt let it drop, i know she wouldnt. so would it be unreasonable to tell her ive got it when i havent?

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Booooooooooyhoo · 04/11/2009 18:11

oldraver that would make her worse. i can just see her face,

thecrackfox i'm going to go with the "none of yours" option and leave it at that. i doubt it will quieten her but, you are right, i need to stand up to her.

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ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 04/11/2009 18:17

I would really get it into your head that you are not going to have any discussion with her about it at all.

a very simple polite "Mum this is a private matter between DH and I and it isn't up for discussion" THEN the most important thing is to change the subject onto something you KNOW she can talk for hours about. SO how did that film finish the other night? etc...

Booyhoo · 04/11/2009 18:27

yes, its convincing myself that I'M not going to discuss it is the thing.

right,

"its between me and OH"

"i'm not discussing it with you"

"end of"

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