Warning- rant alert!
In laws- they are so 'pro' them! To the extent that they refuse to acknowledge any positive resemblance i may have to my own daughter.
She hasn't got a lot of hair- like me as a child but nooo..'oh she's like D's sister! Not much to start but gets thicker later' (wrong- it's been 28 years and still waiting for my thick hair)
Everything she does it's 'oh just like her father'
Beautiful eyes! Like daddy! Oh gee thanks- obviously relieved she didn't get my shit eyes...
If they ever say anything that might appear derogative ('hmmm is that a little overbite?') that's my fault. Temper? All me. Don't get me wrong- it's obvious who the child's father is... No one could say it was the milk man because she is practically a clone- just prettier :-) my point is i didn't go through 41 weeks of pregnancy, over half of which spent vomiting into a doggy bag whilst dragging myself to work on the tube, followed by 12 hours of non drug assisted labour (did i mention she was 10.3lbs?) only to be sent to theatre to remove retained placenta after writhing in pain for a further 3 hours (which ironically meant immobile epidural) followed by blood transfusion, followed by months of recovery (hair loss etc) sleepless nights while breastfeeding... Did i mention stretch marks? Yeah that happens when you go from a B to an F cup overnight. A hernia, and all the other glorious experiences of motherhood, only to not be acknowledged for the end result!!!!!
Bah!
Rant.over.