Well, well, well, if it is another monster-in-law getting in the way of another happy couple. In the case of this husband and wife, it is the husband’s mom that is driving them apart. It all started when the in-laws wanted to come visit after their first grandbaby was born. They live across the country, …
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In-laws watch TV from 7 AM to 10 PM every day while visiting their son, refuse to acknowledge his wife when the TV is on: ‘I am so confused as to how they think sitting in front of the TV in silence constitutes quality time’
I’m on the fence about whether watching TV with someone is valuable bonding time. You can do it one of two ways: either you talk through the entire show, or you have sufficient time after the show to talk about it and anything else going on with your life. I love going to the movies …
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‘HOW DARE SHE’: Monster-in-law demands a 28-year-old pregnant DIL ‘pause the birth’ so she can commandeer the entire birthing process, then gets her comeuppance in the post-partum family group chat
This new mom was already under duress while giving birth to her first baby, but unfortunately for her, she had an overbearing (borderline tyrannical) mother-in-law to exasperate her fears and commandeer the delivery room. Giving birth is insane. I don’t have any children of my own, but just the idea of creating a human person …
Seguir leyendo ‘HOW DARE SHE’: Monster-in-law demands a 28-year-old pregnant DIL ‘pause the birth’ so she can commandeer the entire birthing process, then gets her comeuppance in the post-partum family group chat
Dad refuses to attend the funeral of his ex-mother-in-law because she offered to buy her daughter a house if she divorced him during the 34 years they were married: ‘My kids are pressuring me to go’
There is a lot of judgment surrounding how people deal with loss. You’re either too sad or not sad enough. I hate the idea that you can only take a week off work after losing someone extremely close to you. As a society, we really need to bring back formal morning periods, where women wear …
Seguir leyendo Dad refuses to attend the funeral of his ex-mother-in-law because she offered to buy her daughter a house if she divorced him during the 34 years they were married: ‘My kids are pressuring me to go’
Expecting mom of 2 toddler boys tells her girl-obsessed mother-in-law she’s having a 3rd boy even though she’s having a girl: ‘My MIL literally yelled “NOOOOOOOOO” when we told her the gender of our second boy’
Anyone who has ever watched a gender-reveal party reaction video compilation (try saying that word salad to an 18th-century farmer) knows that gender disappointment is a real thing. The most common lousy reaction is dads getting angry that their wives are having daughters and not sons. Gender technically is the dad’s doing, but that won’t …
Seguir leyendo Expecting mom of 2 toddler boys tells her girl-obsessed mother-in-law she’s having a 3rd boy even though she’s having a girl: ‘My MIL literally yelled “NOOOOOOOOO” when we told her the gender of our second boy’
‘It is our day!’: Monster-in-law wedding-shames the bride and groom for booking vegetarian meals with catering, claiming guests ‘expect luxury food’
Planning a wedding is like doing a group project with your parents. You’re reminded of the pitfalls, the hierarchal shifts, and the shortcomings of every member involved in the group project and each person’s role starts to get jumbled as various members either relinquish responsibility or dig their heels in. For most of us, we …
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‘I’m the one marrying your son, not you’: Monster-in-law wants ‘moment with her son at the altar,’ gets promptly disinvited from the wedding
Maybe I’m tripping, but I feel like moms of boys are usually a little weird. Maybe it’s just because it’s not a dynamic I relate to, but moms who are super possessive of their sons always freak me out. I get being protective, but sometimes it’s too far. I don’t wanna get Freudian, but there …
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Monster-in-Law Goes Rogue, Defying the Bride’s Only Dress Code Request Just a Week Before the Wedding
Some parents like to lecture their kids about their disobedience and even after they’re all grown up, there’s a sense of superiority that snarky parents like to rub in the faces of their successors. For those of us who have survived less-than-perfect family dynamics, there are some battles like this that are worth tackling and …
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