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Has anyone gone for counselling with their mother- in- law

27 replies

rivergodess · 25/06/2009 19:08

I am about to divorce my husband because of his parents.
To cut a long story short, i married an only child whose parents invested a lot in him ending being on top of his game at work. They have hated me from day one,i met them once before getting engaged that's when it kicked off. She has been open with her hostility for the past six years to the point where on my son's birthday we said we needed space from in-laws.
Now on fathers day they came over and asked if they could stay and my dh asked me away from them and i said no, also we were expecting a guest who was coming to stay till today, they discussed this on the street my answer.
Later on when they were leaving they said can we see our grandson tommorrow i said its not convinient as he is in nursery at £70 a pop a day ,and they said we have rights as grand parents i walked away as she started to use emotional blackmail,
in the end for the sake of peace i said to dh they can pick him up that mon, which they did when they came i said you do not have any rights it's from me wanting my ds to have a relationship with you.
They said we will take you to court and since our son is a solicitor he can defend us, I SURRENDED now how do i go from this my dh says they are evil and wont change so i should deal with it.
Now i only see my option as counselling is it worth it apart from that divorce.

OP posts:
Bucharest · 26/06/2009 11:34

That's good oneplusone and I know exactly what you mean about the burden being lifted..my only regret is that I had 5 weeks (Dd's first 5 weeks) where I lived in constant anxiety and stress that that evil witch was going to call round, or send one of her henchmen to run their fingers along my bookshelves...

Dp has told me they've changed, they're sorry, and I don't doubt that that's what they say....He has tried to persuade me to go back many times, but I know that it would last a fortnight before all the shit started happening again. Never, ever.

Aeschylus · 26/06/2009 12:23

I am surprised you are struggling...

the moment you posted that your DH says deal with it...

I would of been celebrating, I would phone them up tell them to feck off, and if they dont start showing you some respect, they will not see your child at all...

and remember your DH told "you" to deal with it...

Grandparents have NO rights at all, dont let them fool you..

a lot of people think they should have rights, I dont....

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