I sometimes blame myself.
I feel like if I knew how to put boundaries from the start and if I was a bit more self respecting then things wouldn’t have reached this far and I would’ve been still able to maintain a nice relationship with in laws, within some reasonable boundaries.. but now that things got pushed soooo far I feel so much resentment it’s so hard to go back and rebuild things mostly because some things were said that can’t be unsaid and done that can’t be undone and there is no hope of an apology and so I will hold this painful memory for life.
However part of me thinks, why should someone at this wise old age need to be told what the boundary is im no uncertain terms before they can behave respectfully. Surely respect is universal and not s personal matter.
I don’t know, I feel like even if I end up asserting boundaries and she ends up “forced to respect me” I don’t know if I can feel that kind of love I’m supposed to feel anymore... because I feel if she cared about my feelings she would’ve found it in her to respect me out of compassion and she would’ve found it in her to be concerned for my wellbeing when I was in an absolutely dreadful situation health-wise- instead of finding that as an opportunity to make digs at my marriage.
Genuinely, trying to find ways to give her the benefit of the doubt or be a bit neutral by finding possible interpretations that I might’ve missed but ...
What sort of possible misunderstanding would make a MIL want to disrespect you and your marriage.. in a way that lacks so much compassion and concern... while she claims to “love me”.
Is it possible that she just doesn’t know what love means?? I mean I keep thinking because she had a bad childhood maybe she still carries those issues with her. But what makes someone so oblivious to how hurtful they’re being with their disrespect.. surely they knew what they were doing ??
I’m really just loooking to understand so I can become a bit neutral. I don’t like having a grudge
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