I made it to day 3 of the extended family vacation before telling MIL to MYOB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe in "sucking up" anything. Women are always expected to put their own wants, needs, and desires last. Nope.

You must be new here. What you stated is the exact opposite of what goes on here. There are no wallflowers rolling over here, only steam rollers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seeing as the OP keeps ignoring when people ask what the kid did, I have to assume the MIL was correct to step in.

OP here. Don’t see that it’s relevant, but our child was excessively bickering with our other child. We were handling it. MIL was taking the side of one child over the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seeing as the OP keeps ignoring when people ask what the kid did, I have to assume the MIL was correct to step in.

Found the MIL.

Let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe in "sucking up" anything. Women are always expected to put their own wants, needs, and desires last. Nope.

You must be new here. What you stated is the exact opposite of what goes on here. There are no wallflowers rolling over here, only steam rollers.

Actually, if you read with an open mind and not knee-jerk defensiveness, there are plenty of people on here who know how to gracefully walk the line between doormat and steamroller--it's called Kind with a Backbone.