With the new rules announced in the last few days, my OH informed his family tonight that we would be abiding by the rules therefore no indoor visits, and no childcare unless absolutely essential because they didn't stick to lockdown in the spring (allowing other people into their house, thinking they can bubble with 3 other households) so they clearly aren't going to now. Later on MIL attacked him, arguing that we are sticking too close to the official rules, trying to find loopholes in the rules, questioning whether we're applying the same rules to my parents, and worst of all, criticising him personally saying he's being horrible and treats other people badly. We just want to do what's right (and protect his grandmother).
I understand that it's hard for them to hear that they won't get to see much of their only grandson but we're not trying to be unfair. It's not our choice and it makes my life harder too as I have no one to help with DS. MIL just doesn't seem to be able to fully respect our decisions unless she agrees with them (this is not the only incident in the 4 months we've been parents). Essentially we're being told to break the law and go against our own consciences or else deal with their emotional guilt trips and insults. WAnybody have any advice for navigating this?