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[quote=Anonymous]I’m writing this for my husband and myself; we are at a total loss. We don’t know what to do to quell MIL’s possessiveness with our child, her only grandchild. No amount of time she spends with DC is ever enough. She complains about not seeing DC, so much so that we’ve gotten to the point that we have a physical paper calendar in which we write down date, time and activity when they are together, so there can be no arguments. If we visit every other week, she wants weekly. She tries to schedule the next visit while we are actively visiting. If she asks to have DC for the weekend and we agree to bring him on Saturday, she will ask why not Friday night.

And that is the most recent: DC will be spending the weekend and part of next week with MIL, at her request. She’s taking him to Hershey with his half cousin and great aunt (? DH’s aunt and her grandchild, not sure what that makes the cousin exactly) Originally the plan was for us to bring him Saturday and it’s just not satiating her; she desperately wants Friday too. Well, we would like to spend some time with him Friday after work before he leaves, and it really shouldn’t matter why, the original plan was Saturday, and she will have plenty of time with him after that. She’s acting like we are doing her some huge disservice by not giving in to her whims. We are ready for this possessive begging to stop. We don’t give in, so we don’t know why it continues or how to deal with it. I’ve tried the DCUM tried and true “That won’t work for us.” But it’s like she has an argument even for that! Can anyone who deals with this or similar offer any advice?[/quote]

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