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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"First you steal my son away, now you won't give me grandchildren! You're so selfish!"

So, among other things that have occurred/been said, I keep my distance.[/quote]

Do we have the same MIL?  I know that is impossible as my DH is an only child, but the words are almost verbatim.  [/quote]

I think I had one of these, which I never understood. Never learned to drive, expected everyone to drop everything to fix her house, take her to the store, etc.  Never a card when we were married, nor a gift or on holidays. The excuse was their family was just too big. Ok fine, but no acknowledgement of a baby announcement? Every Mothers Day she expected to be taken to the nice restaurant by all her kids regardless if they were married with their own families. That last Mother's Day I made sure to let everyone know WE were expecting. A very gossipy family, it made the rounds at the restaurant around the large table we reserved. Definitely stole her thunder, but I would think she would have been happy.
Why are some of these MILs so jealous instead of embracing their new family members? It's a lesson NOT to behave that way because it only alienates. [/quote]

OP of this particular quote tree. Mine just can't fathom that someone would live their life differently then her. DH comes from a.large extended family and by and large, none of them ever left the Greater Dying Rustbelt City Metro Area they hail from. Those that do (DH being one of them) are given the side eye. So for me and DH to have met thousands of miles away and then decide to make our home in a very remote location when we married.......not a decision MIL could wrap her head around. Then we moved to DC. If we were going to move from our little rural mountain town, why would we ever move to DC when we could move to DH's hometown where all the family is? Clearly, DH had zero say and agency in the DC move, it was all my evil doing.

And then there's the grandkid issue. I mean, who in their right mind would WAIT to have children? And didn't I know how badly she wanted to be a grandmother? Graduate programs and careers are no excuse!

If I had just moved to their hometown and started popping out babies right away. MIL would be fine with me.[/quote]

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