Reply to Mother's Day pressure from MIL

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Mother's Day pressure from MIL"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone. Of course some of you are spot on that Mothers Day is standing in for other tensions, namely, the way MIL ignores our wishes on many (more important) things. I think part of her point is indeed what one poster mentioned - that not honoring me will make kids feel different. I think DH and I are fortunate that we are raising racially and culturally mixed kids in an environment where being different is OK. I think this is hard for MIL to fathom, partly generational and partly where she lives. But that aside, this discussion has helped me think through what I am actually upset about.. So thank you everyone! [/quote]

For what it's worth, my three siblings and I were raised in such a family (racially and culturally-mixed) and it was uncomfortable not fitting in, although we didn't complain to our parents to avoid hurting their feelings. It's stressful when your friends ask you if your family did so-and-so and you either fib or tell them that your family doesn't do that. A little accommodation really helps. [/quote]

Do you think things have progressed though since you were young? Genuinely curious. Our children's classrooms in DC are filled with kids who are from mixed backgrounds of all kinds. They don't at all seem to be anomalous.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics