Anonymous wrote:Mil will never let DH and I make plans with his family without her. She is fine with anyone else but the second we suggest a dinner or meetup with a family member, she takes over the plans, invites herself, or arranges it so they are with her and can't do the original plans with us anymore. It's like she honestly does not want his family to like us (me maybe?) We asked 26 yo SIL if we could take her out for her bday dinner and mil called later saying no to dinner but she would drive 2 hours here to attend a lunch with all of us. We said we were out of town on that day, and she threw a fit that we told SIL we could do dinner during the week only. What the heck gives?
We did attend one family function that she was unable to prevent us from going to and I found it interesting that dhs aunt asked me when I'm going to get a "real" job. I started my own business 2 years ago and do home organizing...
They have never asked what I do for a living, so this all came from mil. Other family members have asked how much longer I'm gonna do house cleaning. ??? I am starting to hate this woman. I'm trying hard not to. Real hard. Not sure what to do about the trash talking and not wanting us around anyone alone
Heck, maybe it's because of the trash talking. Anyone else dealt with this?
The problem is not your mil. The problem is your spineless husband and your inability to set boundaries. Don't blame someone else for something you allow.