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everytime i say anything about my dd,my mother says something about her fav gc, my newphew

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greenhummingbird · 09/02/2008 20:08

and tbh im finding it pretty rude

yes mum always favoured on of her three and now there child is the fav grandson

he is almost 2 my dd is 7 months

anytime i ever say anything
she always brings the conversation round to fav gc
she has 6 btw
and never mentions the others

for example even the other day i say oh [dd, only just got a tooth] oh dd really liked having her teth brushed she would say say x loves having his brushed too

even i say say negative things like im a bit shattered today dd hasnt had a nap allday she would say well x always had a nap everyday
never ever mentioning the other gc
just the fav one

its like she never responds to anything i say about my dd, just turns the conversation around to her fav gc
and because hes older i hear all the oh x has learnt how to this or that, and i nicely reply with things like oh thats good or great or say how well hes doing
but anytime i say anything about dd she always turns it around it her fav gc

what would you do?

what would you do or say in this situation?

OP posts:
OrmIrian · 11/02/2008 11:49

MIL does this a little. But TBH I don't find it hurtful. Just a bit insensitive perhaps. I know she loves my DCs but she's much more familiar with my SILs children. My mum does it with my DCs and I know it used to bother my DB a little.

I'll bet she talks that way about your DD when she's with other people though.

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