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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many children does your MIL have? This might be an insecurity thing. I've seen some women (not most certainly) get weirdly threatened by another woman having more kids, particularly if that woman also has a great career. It's like you are showing off or showing them up by making different choices (ridiculous I know, but some people get super weird about woman who are successful both at motherhood and professionally).[/quote]

This. I'm an only child and my mom struggled to raise me and work. My dad who also worked was really the default parent. When I chose to breastfeed, that threatened and insult d her. When I chose daycare over staying home for 5 years, that insulted her. When I had 2 kids all I heard about was how close together they would be (they are 28mo apart and I'm 39 how long were we going to wait?) Eventually my mom gets over herself once I ignore her and just do my thing and she realizes I can handle it just fine and it's not somehow a judgement on her choices. [/quote]

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