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How do I handle the mil situation

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annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 14:17

I have been with my partner for 3 years. I only managed to move out of his mother’s house last year by homelessness with my 4 month old (caused by her) she called the police to remove us even though we were willingly leaving anyway. A bit more back story now,

the 2 years I lived at hers I received physical threats, accusations, racial abuse and mental abuse. Let me explain further so you can decide weather I have labelled the behaviour as correct.

everything I am about to explain was done when I was in my (boyfriends) bedroom with the door shut sat in the bed sometimes with earphones in the block the noise. In the bath, in a different room or not in the house. Also For further context I stopped speaking to her a year into the relationship when she had already kicked me out, accused me of lying about 🍇, called me every name under the sun and more, while I was at work btw.

she does not work, so she has 24/7 free, for further context she is white British and I am British born Pakistani.

She would start arguing with my partner (her son) and start calling me names, lazy (I was working, coming home to cook, cleaning her house for her) fat (she’s bigger than me I’m a size 14) ugly, liar (don’t know why she’s said that) and a bad mum. She would say I’ve lied about the 🍇 I received for 2 years from my ex husband, the abuse, the starvation, the control etc. She would call me a pa🔑, foreign b@stard, foreigner etc.

this was happening every week for a year and then I got a new job and got pregnant, whenever I got a job I would sense intense jealousy from her. My boyfriend would show her ugly girls and she would say “I think she looks like her” just to be funny. Every work break I was receiving phone calls from my OH stating she has called people up telling them I’ve been bullying her all day (hadn’t spoke to her in a year and been at work since 7) and they turning up to my work to “smash my head in” while pregnant btw.

She would cause issues about me cooking when I got home saying “cooking all that mucky curry” “turning my house into a Indian takeaway” yellow slime” (she’s referring to the seasonings I use” calling people up telling them I’m cooking at midnight and she hates having a foreigner in the house (I finished work at 10, got home for 11:30)

I then started ordering food to avoid a issue, then she would scream about “ordering all these takeaways when I have to eat out the freezer” “greedy horrible c@nts ordering takeaway she eats like a horse” bearing in mind she wouldn’t allow me in the living room so while my food was cooking etc I would have to sit on the kitchen floor heavily pregnant while she would come in and stick her butt in my face hoping I would say something for once. But I still never I kept my head down.

I then started eating out before coming home to avoid the new matter. She would shout and scream about that too. She hated me eating. Constantly screaming “why does she have to be around why can’t it just be us two”

the whole pregnancy it was “she will never be the mother of my grandchild” “she’ll never have my grandkids” I was losing a lot of weight and I sat on the sofa once. She came down and approached me on the sofa and said “I’m not being funny about your weight but don’t sit there cos the sofa will go through” (I was 7 months and a size 14) she would then not let me use the washing machine causing me to have no clean clothes. Which meant I wasn’t able to leave my house to buy food or work. I hat to sit in a heatwave in a thick winter dressing gown naked underneath will heavily pregnant knowing I was passing out a lot, apart from her it was only men in the house. My OH told her I have no clothes clean so she knew. She said she wanted to try get me sacked too.

Also she would randomly walk in on us two and say “I don’t agree with mixed race marriages” stating it constantly and throwing racial abuse my way. The whole time I never responded back.

She also complained that my menstrual blood was getting on my things and screamed about how disgusting I am for my periods (I have pcos she knows this)

Baby was born and she kissed and grabbed him straight away. He’s breastfed she knew that and was placing his face all over her breasts and skin saying she wishes she could breastfeed him. So I stopped her holding him.

Anyway since moving out I have not allowed her to see the child as she is weirdly obsessed with little boys privates. Doesn’t listen to boundaries etc this Christmas my OH wants to take our son to see his brother who is very ill and he’s bound and who also lives at his mothers. She will try speaking to me with front on since other family will be there. And I know they are going to ask to hold my son and give him to her without me seeing.

I want my son to see his uncle but I am very unhappy about going there and don’t think she deserves to be grabbing my child after everything she’s said and done. How do I handle this situation?

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Blueuggboots · 30/10/2025 15:35

What’s the grape emoji representing?

annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 15:41

Blueuggboots · 30/10/2025 15:35

What’s the grape emoji representing?

R@pe

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PixieandMe · 30/10/2025 15:57

She's a horrible person.

I would go and I would allow trusted family members to hold the baby but would interject if someone handed him to MIL ( saying he needs a feed, change, walk etc.). If she pushed it, I would tell her that it's time we were off and I would leave with the baby. If your partner wanted to stay longer, that's up to them.

annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:12

PixieandMe · 30/10/2025 15:57

She's a horrible person.

I would go and I would allow trusted family members to hold the baby but would interject if someone handed him to MIL ( saying he needs a feed, change, walk etc.). If she pushed it, I would tell her that it's time we were off and I would leave with the baby. If your partner wanted to stay longer, that's up to them.

Thank you this is great advice, however no of them are trusted family members unfortunately. What do you reckon I should do?

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DaisyChain505 · 30/10/2025 16:14

I can’t say I’d be able to love or respect my partner if they let their own mother treat me like this.

Bluestitching · 30/10/2025 16:16

you have a partner problem.

Apocketfilledwithposies · 30/10/2025 16:22

Why oh why did you bring a child into this family?!

His mother is a piece of work but so is he allowing you to live in that environment having to deal with her.

Soontobe60 · 30/10/2025 16:27

I really don’t understand why you ended up living in this household for so long. The first time she behaved badly towards me would have been the last day I spent in that house, and I certainly wouldn’t have been having a baby until I was living elsewhere!

Fishingboatbobbingnight · 30/10/2025 16:27

So throughout all this horror your partner just watched your MIL abuse you. Where was he when you were sitting on the floor in the kitchen Where was he when you had no food ? Where was he when you had no clean clothes but assume he did ?
why didn’t he stand up for you ?

you have a partner problem

annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:31

Bluestitching · 30/10/2025 16:16

you have a partner problem.

I’ve got to give it to him he always stuck up for me, it got to a point where some of the thing she said annoyed him to the point he spat on her twice. He’s always defended me.

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annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:32

Soontobe60 · 30/10/2025 16:27

I really don’t understand why you ended up living in this household for so long. The first time she behaved badly towards me would have been the last day I spent in that house, and I certainly wouldn’t have been having a baby until I was living elsewhere!

I was working at the time and looking for accommodation. But my credit score was so bad I struggled immensely.

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squashyhat · 30/10/2025 16:33

Oh well that's alright then. I'm sure spitting on her really helped. 🙄

annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:34

Apocketfilledwithposies · 30/10/2025 16:22

Why oh why did you bring a child into this family?!

His mother is a piece of work but so is he allowing you to live in that environment having to deal with her.

It’s was just me my partner and child from 4 months old onwards. I was so depressed. And very suicidal I also didn’t think I could have a baby due to fertility issues. So when I found out I was pregnant I knew it was my last natural chance.

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Bluestitching · 30/10/2025 16:34

annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:32

I was working at the time and looking for accommodation. But my credit score was so bad I struggled immensely.

That is a you problem. You chose to stay. Why couldn’t you and your partner get a place together?

Bluestitching · 30/10/2025 16:35

annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:31

I’ve got to give it to him he always stuck up for me, it got to a point where some of the thing she said annoyed him to the point he spat on her twice. He’s always defended me.

That is disgusting. Why are you with this prince amongst men exactly?

momtoboys · 30/10/2025 16:36

When he told you people were coming to "bash your head in", where was he? If he truly thought that, did he come to your aid? IMO she is insane but he is the real problem.

LemonTreeGrove · 30/10/2025 16:39

She sounds horrendous
Why was your partner showing her ugly girls?

annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:41

Fishingboatbobbingnight · 30/10/2025 16:27

So throughout all this horror your partner just watched your MIL abuse you. Where was he when you were sitting on the floor in the kitchen Where was he when you had no food ? Where was he when you had no clean clothes but assume he did ?
why didn’t he stand up for you ?

you have a partner problem

He was actually bringing me cushions, asking her to take the wet soggy clothes out the washing machine so I could have clothes. Then leaving him in no choice but to take them out and put my clothes in. Which she then removed half way through washing. Every-time he stuck up for me .

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annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:42

LemonTreeGrove · 30/10/2025 16:39

She sounds horrendous
Why was your partner showing her ugly girls?

Because she was looking at his phone and asked who that was on his screen

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annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:44

momtoboys · 30/10/2025 16:36

When he told you people were coming to "bash your head in", where was he? If he truly thought that, did he come to your aid? IMO she is insane but he is the real problem.

Edited

Stood outside my work 2 hrs in the rain before I even finished as he picked me up everyday. He came extra early that day to see if anyone was coming.

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annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:45

Bluestitching · 30/10/2025 16:35

That is disgusting. Why are you with this prince amongst men exactly?

What’s disgusting?

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Bluestitching · 30/10/2025 16:45

annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:44

Stood outside my work 2 hrs in the rain before I even finished as he picked me up everyday. He came extra early that day to see if anyone was coming.

Why didn’t he phone the police?

Bluestitching · 30/10/2025 16:45

annonymous98 · 30/10/2025 16:45

What’s disgusting?

Spitting on his mother. Spitting on anyone. It’s gross.

SparklyGlitterballs · 30/10/2025 16:46

She sounds mental. The only thing in this I can say would bother me is the cooking of pungent food very late at night. I realise you had to eat, but cooking a curry at 11:30 would most likely have left the house smelling. Were you noisy when cooking?

Other than that she sounds like a horrible racist and probably doesn't like the fact her son is with a Pakistani woman. She needs to accept it, especially as there are now children of the relationship.

If you do go to visit your BIL, is your baby young enough that you can wear them in a sling? That way no other family can be picking your baby up. If the baby is off you for feeding or nappy change and someone tries to grab him, don't hesitate to intervene if they try handing the baby to MIL. Your partner needs to back you up with this and not leave it all to you. Keep the visit brief. If necessary go in and say your hellos to be polite and then leave your partner there to catch up with his brother while you return home with baby.

Pancakeflipper · 30/10/2025 16:47

It's all a mess isn't it?
You don't see your MIL and you don't let your child see your MIL.
You and your OH need therapy.