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Am I over reacting to MIL comments? Advice please........

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becaroo · 18/02/2007 09:56

My dh and I have just decided to try for another baby. We werent going to, but had a scare last month and were so disappointed when my period finally came that I think it made us both realise that we wanted another. My PIL were round for tea on thursday evening and my dh said something (dont know exactly, I wasnt listening) to the effect that we wanted another and my MILs face just fell. She said "youre kidding!" and looked quite disgusted. I was a bit taken aback by this, and jokingly told her that my sister would be first as she is already trying for another and she said in a really nasty voice "well, borrow that one then". Because I didnt reply she said it twice more, getting louder each time to make sure I heard her. I am under no illusion about my abilities as a parent...I am not the greatest mum in the world but I do my best. We had a really tough first year with ds and it wasnt easy due to his health problems and my PND, but I am not stupid. I know it wont be easy. Am trying to figure out why she is so against the idea...Is it because she feels she will be asked to help out too much? My SIL is going trough a divorce right now and has told me on more than one occasion that I am the one that will suffer for it! Starting to think she is right. Quite annoyed at myself for getting so upset about this. My confidence is not exactly sky high and this reaction has not helped. Any thoughts?....

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Sakura · 18/02/2007 22:56

From my experience, some MILs are very jealous of a DILs relationship with their son. Very weird. But some feel that first of all they have to <span class="italic">share</span> him. And I suppose you trying for another baby has just reminded her that you and your son are going to be having lots of lovely sex (that shes probably not having anyway). But your having it with her son. Thats the ultimate decider that her sons affections lie with you. Sorry, but she`s mad IMO.

becaroo · 19/02/2007 10:49

Thanks for the posts....think my dh is going to tackle her about it. Dont know what her problem is - some of you may be right in what you say. Will let you know what happens......

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Sherbert37 · 19/02/2007 10:57

Can't understand why MILs think they have any say in this whatsoever. The first thing mine said after having DC2 was 'you won't have any more will you?'. Now I am 40+ and have three and at Christmas I was really ill with that vomitting bug. MIL's reaction to me being in bed on Christmas Day - 'She'd better not be pregnant'?!. Another aged relative said we were like rabbits when told we were expecting number 3. Charming, and they say young people are rude.

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becaroo · 19/02/2007 17:58

But surely when aged relatives were young everyone had about 12 kids?? My dad is one of 5 and my mum one of 14. Three of my aunts/uncles have 6 kids each. There are only me and my 2 siblings, which I think is quite conservative really! When family members say stuff like that it is just so much more upsetting...if it were a stranger you could laugh it off.

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astronomer · 19/02/2007 22:54

It was DH's MIL who said some really nasty things when we told her about DC3 and so on, and she said she never wanted to see us again. It still annoys me several years later when she is cooing and fussing over DS when we should really have "got rid of it"

kitbit · 20/02/2007 15:35

what is it with some people?? why do they feel it is OK to be so bloody horrible? dear god, my MIL is bonkers but thankfully not as poisonous as many I see quoted on MN, but I am still unlikely to tell her anything after discovering her love of spicy gossip and a tendency towards opinions that usually bear no relation to any actual facts. Makes me really sad, I hope I am able to be a human MIL when ds finds a partner in the future. Your MIL sounds like a nasty spiteful old cow, becaroo, tell her nothing and ignore, ignore, ignore!!! ..and yes, have fun trying, it's nobody's business but yours and you will have a beautiful baby at the end of it all that she needn't have any contact with if she thinks it's such a bad idea!

grrrrr

becaroo · 20/02/2007 18:33

yes kitbit, I agree, it was spiteful. Well, if i do get pregnant she will be the LAST to know.

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kitbit · 20/02/2007 19:42

YAYYY for becaroo, BIG RASPBERRY for MIL !!!

becaroo · 20/02/2007 19:58

Could really do with a raspberry emoticon, couldnt we?

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hk78 · 20/02/2007 23:50

becaroo

take heart from all these messages, something happens to women when they become MIL's i think!
when we told PIL's we were expecting dd1, the reaction from both of them was to look at us, look at each other, then very slowly and deliberately...turn and stare intently at the telly!
no words!
why? don't know. there's been no explanation or apology to this day.fu@*ing weirdos.
there's been no end of other crap from them since then too. you've got to just ignore those kind of people and try to let it just wash over you and away

Sakura · 21/02/2007 08:56

hk78, pmsl at your in-law`s reaction!
Freakazoids.

astronomer · 21/02/2007 09:04

My MIL has been fantastic about all the children and more or less everything we do maybe because she had a large family and is MIL to quite a few.

DH's MIL is an absolute pain very self centered and interfering but then he is her only SIL

becaroo · 21/02/2007 10:00

HK78....

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inmyopinion · 21/02/2007 11:55

MILs can be funny creatures.just ignore the old bag and remember that at the end of the day you are married to her son and not her!!!

becaroo · 21/02/2007 17:35

Well, my dh had a word with her last night so cue tearful phone call this afternoon....said eshe had rung to apologise butdidnt really know what she was apologising for Apparently its all in my imagination and she didnt mean it nastily at all and I have taken it the wrong way as she loves babies (sigh)
Told her I thought it was hurtful and nasty and dh did too. Thanked her for "apologising" and left it at that. God, she is unbelieveable.

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