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[quote=Anonymous]So, my mil will often make little comments to my husband about something I've done or said - just little things with some innuendo - and then he'll flip out at me - wondering how to handle this dynamic.

For instance - mil to babysit our 3 yr old tis weekend while we go to a wedding (8 hours total). DC has a fruit allergy - I chatted with mil today and when she asked if DC wanted anything special (she wanted to bring him a present or treat), I said, anything is fine, but definitely don't buy any cherries - dc is quite allergic. Conversation ended. Hung up.

DH calls me 40 min later, furious "how could you be so rude to my mother? Why do you act like she doesn't know DC's allergies? Why do you always have to repeat it? Why don't you trust her?"

I was flabbergasted.

Called her right away - said, "oh my - I didn't mean to offend with the comment about cherries; I'm in the habit of telling everyone bc it's summer and they're everywhere."

She acted like it was no big deal and she didn't care at all, but I'm irked. Obviously, it was enough of an "issue" that she called DH and put some negative spin on it.

This happens a LOT. Is there a way to handle this behavior?[/quote]

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