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Overbearing in laws

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Rev27 · 16/11/2019 10:44

Really struggling with partners family. I have a 7 month old son and he was exclusively breast fed and it’s not necessarily by choice ( he has been hard work taking the bottle ) so I’ve had to be with him 24/7 since he was born, the odd occasion I have pumped milk but I think it’s a normal thing anyway for a mother to spend all the time she can whilst on maternity. My partners family have gone on about wanting to look after him without me and at first I thought my MIL was being really helpful and caring but I’ve since come to realise she actually just wants full control. I have speant at least 2 days a week with them since he was born and had to put up with rude comments about my outfits, ds outfits and her acting like she is his mother ( she has her own change bag that she brings and makes me leave my own ) . I have always known she is hard work and my partner doesn’t even particularly get on with or see her a lot but always been able to handle and brush things aside but recently it’s been tipping me over the edge. If she doesn’t see him in a couple of days I have to deal with petty comments making me feel like I don’t make enough effort, but I think I make more than enough effort. She doesn’t work or have many friends which I think is the issue, and she has a daughter which I think in an ideal world she would like it to be her son which she has made unusual comments about aswell.... any advice?

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JD82 · 16/11/2019 13:59

Oh no, have to spoken to your partner to get help in resolving? If that fails your have to speak to the MIL and literally explain what you have here. If she doesn’t respect you after that - you need to put your foot down and if your partner hasn’t helped then they will have to respect your decision. Again if no one is interested in helping you feel better then tell them to get out of your house.

I had similar issues with my partners family taking over all the time and the MIL literally takes over everything and would even turn up at our doorstop everyday. I spoke about it and got no where, put my foot down and it’s better. We now have a strained relationship though (with MIL).

Good luck. :-)

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