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Please help! Long weekends with PIL's house

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NewmumtoAmelia2023 · 27/04/2024 02:41

Advice needed please.

My pil treats my DH like a small boy. They often tells me that I'm a cradle snatcher, DH is in his 30's, they call him they're baby. DH moved miles away to be with me, they didn't like that, then we had our baby which they can't see often as they want because of the distance. Ever since I've met them, they do or say things that made me think they don't like me. Fil is known for having arguments with his sons wives or partners. They make awful comments regarding their Dil which makes me wonder what do they say about me behind my back.
They do not have boundaries, when I was staying at my dh's house when we are still dating which was near them, they visited without any warning on few occasions. They had a key on the house.
When we are staying at their house, I can't go to bed whenever I want as they like socialising, going to bed or doing things on my own is classed as anti social.
My problem is, they have managed to emotionally blackmail us on staying in their house for a long weekend visit, now I need an advice on how am I going to survive this without losing my mind or divorcing my husband. It is really affecting me, I get very grumpy prior to visit and it's causing massive arguments between me and my DH. Any advice or tips will be appreciated x

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Codlingmoths · 27/04/2024 07:52

I think you need to decide you don’t care what they think and go to bed, because when my babies were 4mo I would have murdered someone for sleep. Play the emotional blackmail card back- I can’t think straight when he’s asleep in another room, the guidance says you lower sids risk by breathing in the same room, I am going to bed with baby now.

PoppingTomorrow · 27/04/2024 08:05

The baby is the perfect excuse to leave the room - I need to feed the baby, I need to put the baby down to sleep, change the baby - whatever.

But I wouldn't do a 7 hour drive in a day, or a 14 hour round trip for a weekend.

Put a chair behind the door so they can't get in.

BoudiccaOfSuburbia · 27/04/2024 08:28

They are your DH’s parents.

His boundaries with them when you were dating were for him to determine: he gave them a key etc, and presumably saw them often.

You say he moved away to be with you, it’s not unreasonable now that you stay with them in order for him to have contact , and for them to be with grandchildren. Compromise!

Be careful that your paranoia about what they say about other DILs does not become a self fulfilling prophecy and you do become a difficult DIL.

Who cares what they might think / say about you? You don’t know that they do. Just be your normal good self and don’t try and stop your DH seeing his parents

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