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Favouritism ?

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Iolaa · 19/03/2023 21:33

With grandparents? Really feel like MIL favours husbands brothers kids and I try not to get annoyed but … it does annoy me ?

even his other sibling sees them more (she minds them weekly, lol yes we don’t get the same free childcare ) and he spends time with them because they’re there (he lives with MIL) but when we go he’s not always there obviously as we can only visit Weekend

so I get they see the others more but I feel such a lack of care and effort with my child?even when I take our child around she just mentions the other kids a lot telling me pointless things (aka what they had for tea one night etc) and I just think do you even mention my child this much?

Now it’s kind of coming to a head. DH in denial - not fucking sure why. But he’s booked us a spa break and mentioned his mum minding our 16mo overnight. She never has and I would rather my mum who has had him and has him for us one day a week (thank you mama! Nursery ain’t cheap) to have him

i know if I mention this DH will flip out and say it’s because ‘I think his mother favourites her other grand kids’ (his words, ‘I think’)

but that just adds to my reason. Every time I see her more and more I think you don’t fucking deserve to have my child he gets more than enough love off his parents and my family so we’ll stay there !

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Bellabelloo · 19/03/2023 21:45

I have the same. My husband has 4 brothers and 1 sister who is mollycoddled and the princess of the family. His parents can't hide their favoritism towards her and her kids. Even in front of my son. It makes me sad as he loves them and they are his only grandparents (my parents died when I was young). We only see them 3-4 times a year, and my sister-in- law lives 5 mins walk away from them, so they see them all the time, but they still can't hold it in. So sad.

Iolaa · 19/03/2023 21:55

This is so much worse than my circumstances. So sorry for your loss💐sending love

Solidarity to you. It’s hard and I felt like cutting that family off. I guess I’ll explain when DS is older that they’re distant family or something so he doesn’t notice and take it personal!

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