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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: this isn't the first time my spouse has told me about the bad mouthing, which leads me to believe they're not doing a great job standing up for me. But yes, I am annoyed they feel the need to tell me about it. Of course I'm going to have bad feelings ab my MIL if I know she likes to bad mouth me. It's also rich that if my spouse ever criticizes their step siblings to their mother, the mother shuts it down and does silent treatment. [/quote]

I'm confused - is the mother of the step siblings the MIL you're talking about?[/quote]

My MIL is the step mother of my spouse's step siblings (adults). For whatever reason she loses it if her own child ever says anything negative about them (talking weeks and even months of silent treatment to my spouse in the past). This is an aside, just noting MIL's [b]hypocrisy when it comes to criticism[/b]. [/quote]

Yet you yourself aren’t acknowledging any of the critiques of your response on this thread.[/quote]

I've been listening and I guess will let it go. I don't think it's crazy to be upset about my MIL consistently talking behind my back. I actually thought we had a really nice visit over the holiday weekend so was hurt to hear she still needed to criticize me. But yeah, I guess I really just need to have my spouse stop telling me about it and accept that their defense was good enough, and hope I just don't hear about it again. [/quote]

That’s a good plan.  Of course your MIL shouldn’t be saying negative things, but this post is about your husband.  So long as he is pushing back on the comments, let him choose the method and ask him to keep it to himself.[/quote]

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