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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we be accurate here, at least? It's not "Mama" that the MIL is asking for; it's "Mama Barbara" or whatever her first name. [/quote]

That's still "mama."  [/quote]

Oh, FFS. Maybe you and OP should get those sticks removed and you'll feel a lot better.[/quote]

Sorry that women standing up for their reasonable desires makes you so uncomfortable.  [/quote]

Good God, you're acting like OP's saving her child from a MIL who wants to do physical harm to her child.  I'm still waiting for OP to let us know what other terrible things MIL has done that would suggest she's dangerous and chronically overstepping as opposed to a person who has fond memories of calling her own grandmother "Mama Y" and is excited to make similar memories with her own grandchild.

Let's be clear, though, that the subtext here is that OP (and DILs in general) should be treated with kid gloves, lest they withhold their children from MIL.  That's just bitchy and uncalled for.  Hopefully, though, we're raising our young men to stand up to their wives and their mothers when either overstep so that kind of crap stops.[/quote]

I think yes, the time when you should be deferential and treat someone with kid gloves includes nearing delivery with their first child and post-partum.  A MIL who barges in making unreasonable requests and drama is the bad guy here.  Perhaps in a different scenario "Mama X" isn't that big a deal.  But it is COMPLETELY understandable why a first-time mom (who did not have that tradition) would object to it.  Mom wins in that scenario, and MIL is the one creating drama if she pushes it.  [/quote]

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