Dear MIL, I really like you. We are very different people, but you are a nice person and you are so amazing with the dcs I think you're great...
But...
Your other son is a selfish shit of the highest order. He dumped dh overnight when dh met me. Dh actually thought BIL was his best friend. Since then BIL has befriended dh's ex. The ex who told dh how useless and pointless he was every day for years, who distanced him from friends and family (including BIL), who made him believe he was nothing, that ex. The ex who funnily enough hated BIL and slagged him and his wife off constantly for being common.
And now, MIL who I like, after dh has made numerous attempts to reconcile, after we invited him to our wedding even though he had never been anything but rude to me, you call us to say that BIL will be there when we next visit, and not to worry, because he has agreed to tolerate being in a room with us.
tolerate being in a room with us.
So when dh said that he would not pretend. That he would love to sort things, but will not sit there and play happy families, how dare you, MIL who I like, how dare you say that it is dh who is now causing the problem?!
We really wanted to come and visit. We wanted to show your new grandson off to all the family who haven't met him yet. We wanted to see the new house and catch up properly.
But now I don't want to visit. And sadly nor does dh :(
Dear BIL, you are a cunt. An utter utter cunt. You couldn't stand that your little brother was happy for once. That he wasn't coming to you with his problems, that he wasn't suffering the way he's supposed to. Dh misses his nieces terribly. We don't even know if you pass on their birthday presents to them. You don't even acknowledge our children. Last time you spoke to dh you even got one of their names wrong. I'm not going to pretend to believe you didn't do it on purpose.
I would love to be in a room with you. I would love for your family to see gentle, liberal, non-sweary YKNOTC, tell you that you are a coward and a cunt and that we all wish you'd been braver when it came to emigrating and not run back home after a week. What kind of dick must you have been for you to find Canadians unfriendly?!
Oh and I know you plagiarised your dissertation, and that tattoo you have which your wife thinks says something life affirming, actually says your ex girlfriend's name :o the ex girlfriend who wasn't an ex when you went on holiday with her when you first started dating your wife. Hilarious!
Dh really thought you loved him :(
He's got to a place of anger now, rather than sadness. He finally sees you for who you actually are, a sad bully who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
MIL I know you blame BIL's wife for the falling out. I know you all say "she's changed him", and as much as you wish that was true, from all I've heard, it's not. You can't blame your DIL for the decisions he has made. He's a big boy now. I very much hope you're not throwing any blame my way either.
Sorry, that wasn't very interesting, but it was good to get it out.