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Please help me understand MIL's comments and behaviour. Please

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ThePeoplePleaser · 19/07/2014 20:08

I'm not going to beat around the bush. I've name changed for this.

Mil makes comments whilst in front of family around our dc...it'll be like oh dc is so fat just like mummy. This happens every so often. Comments about my weight. I'm size 10/12 she's about a 14/16.

She was overheard by a friend making comments saying I should just get on with it basically and not expect help from dh after our dc was born. I had a terrible damaging birth and found it hard to walk afterwards as well as look after our other dc's. Dh chipped in as much as he could. She said nowt to my face but said to this other friend that she personally had no help with her dc's growing up, so why should I really.

She makes lots of comments about sil's makeup or clothes or how she is as a person. She seems to dislike people who make 'too' much of an effort with themselves as she sees it.

She said to me a minute after I told her about my pregnancy "no more tight jeans for you". And over the years quite a few other digs then afterwards says she's joking. Is she?? Dh does this too so I don't know if it's a dry sense of humour. I cannot read her at all.

Sorry it's so long I just needed to get that out. I love her and she's a wonderful gm but I cannot understand her.

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ThePeoplePleaser · 20/07/2014 09:11

Great advice on here and I really appreciate everyone who's taken time to write their bit. I've come to a few conclusions:

I think she's slightly insecure, hence the need to make such pointed comments to me.
I think she could have been jealous, not of me perhaps but of other things.
I think she was trying sometimes to assert herself over me in the wrong way. In her culture it is not heard of for younger women to speak back to older ones and I think her expectations of me being passive weren't realistic, hence her reactions towards me.
The insecurity boils down to losing her sons I'm pretty sure.
I think in many ways she's treated me unfairly and without much compassion seeing as I married very young and had to leave my family. I think this is what's hardened me and made me shocked at her behaviour sometimes. I would put my young new dil first and make an effort to see if she's ok rather than complain to others or treat her strangely like how mil unfortunately did with me.
I'm not going to hold it against her but at the same time I will never forget things that have happened.

It's been cathartic releasing this so thanks everyone x

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