In-laws that turn against you and your kids, ( their grandkids)

[Chicks_N_Horses]

Well my in laws may not adore me but they like me and they do adore my children. They are a God send in our lives IMO. My family on the other hand is wierd and very disfunctional...

My grandmother, who helped raise me, treats my oldest daughter like a princess but they all treat my other 2 children like they have the plague. Emily is 10 and Gracie is 5. Yesterday, I got chewed out on the phone by my g-mother saying "It is just not right that ya'll won't let Emily come over here because Gracie can't. I can't watch her (IDK why, she is easier to watch than the 10 yr. old!) You shouldn't punish Emily because Gracie isn't old enough to come over here! Ya'll just treat her so wrong" OMGOSH! Really??? I just handed the phone back to my daughter and said "We treat our kids the same...Gracie would feel punished because she can't go to her g-grandmothers when Emily gets to go and if one can't do something then the other can't"

My dad keeps his ex wifes nephews every weekend. NEVER keeps mine at all, ever. When my son was a month old I was over there for the day and I asked him to watch my son (his grandson) for a few minutes while I went 3 miles up the road to pick my DD up from the bus stop....He wouldn't do it!

I don't really have too much to do with my own family....lots of issues there...

Some folks are just this way...all you can do is pray for them and try and be nice....

 

[Bwaaak!]

Wow. I guess I'm the lucky one. Ive been married for 30 years now and had a good relationship with step MIL/FIL up until... MIL's biological son (50 yrs) found a girlfriend (23 yrs), got married and had two kids. The inlaws thus moved wherever the son moved and now live in the same town as them. Oh... and when MIL/FIL moved they *cough* "forgot" to let my husband know they had even moved! He found out they had moved because their phone was disconnected and he had to call MIL's cell phone. They had been living in the town for three weeks that the biological son was!

That's when the MIL stopped keeping in touch with us. Stopped remembering my two daughters birthdays and other holidays. She once said she doesn't worry about the phone bill because she has a $10 a month plan that allows her/FIL to call and talk as long as they want. Humph... MIL calls like once a year.

Sister in law that lives 30 minutes away from me... she doesnt call at all unless its to ask my husband to fix something, even though she has a husband (errr... maybe her husband doesnt know how to fix anything). We are leary of her intents now.

I used to tell her I had the BEST mother in law in the world. Now... *snort* I'd like to retract that statement.

 

[toredano]

I been married for 18 years and to this day I still get crapped on alot.
If I would start telling all the BS they do and say ..I could write a novel.
And the bad part is we live close to them.
It started when she said " Dont buy any babyclothing yet..you never know what will happen." after we told them I was pregnant with they first grandchild.

And its still going on today. Not to mention they wont have anything to do with their only grandchild( our son ) because they dislike me .When he was small they took minimal part in his life
I have bend over backwards to make it work for the sake of my husband and child but at one point you just say *&^$^^ it ..enough is enough. Its their loss.. My son is now 17 and he knows how theyare. Luckily he doesnt need or want for anything so its not a big loss for him. And all the Xmas`s theys said not to let him break the crappy dollar general crapp they bought him.. they could be an antique one day.And the list goes on..

Its sad but I cant take their drama and the BS that comes along with it.

The last straw was when my husband was in a Helicopter accident overseas and his dad was not even concerned enough to call and ask how he is doing.

I take great pleasure that I will outlast them in my life by far and I hope they grow old and will be lonely.Cause neither their son or I will be there to wipe their asses.

Sometimes living well is the best revenge

This might sound harsh but 18 years of this BS and .. of course its all my fault. Good thing my husband knows how they are.. cause he doesnt put up with them either.

Petra