This is a lengthy and hard one for me. I’m still young, 22, currently trying for a baby as me and my partner are in the perfect position for this and so happy. There is a slight problem, his Mum has always slightly got on my nerves, she has always brought her son/my partner down, never been happy with his decisions he’s made and always made horrible comments about his weight etc. The other day we recently just moved into our new home and we were on the topics of fake and my partner one day getting a dog, and I mentioned that my dad had said he would buy this for me as a house warming gift. She turned around and said to me ‘You can’t afford to pay for a dog, you can’t even afford to look after yourself, look at you’ What she doesn’t know is that I have mental health issues so I have days where I don’t look great but this upset me intensely with words I couldn’t imagine and now I have little to no respect for her whatsoever. After half an hour of my partner telling her to apologise she came and apologised but it was not sincere. Since this day I have not spoken to her and I don’t want to ever again but I feel it’s going to create a rift between me and my partner. What is the best way to go about this without causing problems?