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Pregnant and abusive daughter

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LongtoothedGran Tue 15-Feb-22 20:23:40

My daughter is 7 months pregnant after 5 years of operations to correct damage caused by the hopital after several miscarriages. Then IVF followed.She is having to follow very restricted diets due to intolerances and allergies, and emotionally is not in a good place. She has kept quite distant from us for the last 2 years, somewhere along the line she has been told to avoid stress, and I have been included in that. Recently she had a 20 week scan while we were baby sitting for her 6 year old, and was told there was a problem with the baby's heart. She was in pieces, as were we. The next day she with husband and D went to stay , a hundred miles away, with his family, for a party. I know how she feels about some of the family, and was very worried about her mental state. On day 4 after no replies from her phone, I rang her FIL see if they were all ok. We often speak to them on the phone. His response was that she was just herself. No information . I knew that they had been told the news. My husband asked him not to tell her we had rung in case she was cross. He immediately phoned his son, who then told her. 2 days later a further scan showed that there was nothing wrong with the heart, but she has abused me with such vitriol, and her husband joined in, accusing me of something 22 years ago, which I had not done. All I can get out of her is that I must apologise for everything or that will be that. It's to do with boundaries. We travelled 80 miles every week for 3 years to look after the first child, and have given them thousands of pounds to support them through the pandemic, I thought she was my soulmate, and am devastated. When I was cornered on the zoom meeting by both of them, I was silent at first until the lies started. Then I let out something I regret.
It feels like a set up. What on earth can I do?

DiamondLily Wed 09-Mar-22 09:44:29

Ideally both mother and daughter need to sit down together, and talk honestly about what exactly this 22 year old issue is.

If the daughter is still dwelling on whatever it is, it sounds fairly serious, and it's pretty strange it hasn't reared its head before now.

The conversation would probably be best if just mother and daughter were there, without involvement from other relatives and in-laws.

Whether that happens will depend on the willingness, honesty, and maturity of both of them.

Oldladynewlife Wed 09-Mar-22 16:34:43

Sorry for the inappropriate use of moaning!

I have indeed read the entire thread before posting myself. And while many people have offered wonderfully supportive advice to the original poster many joined with her rhetorically and emotionally in characterizing the daughter as abusive, money and help grubbing (for having accepted money and babysitting), childish, etc…. That is the OP’s framing—that the entire event is due to her daughter’s bad behavior. And lots of you agreed with her.

MissAdventure Wed 09-Mar-22 18:23:21

Yes, it's allowed. smile

Smileless2012 Wed 09-Mar-22 20:00:10

I agree with the OP. I agree that it was wrong of her D to ignore her messages over 4 days when all was needed was a simple response.

I agree that it was wrong of her D and her s.i.l. to make her feel cornered, to bring up something they said happened 22 years ago but didn't happen.

I agree with the OP that there was no need for the f.i.l. to make his son and d.i.l. aware of the fact that a 'phone call had been made by her parents, just wanting to make sure everything was OK.

IMO the D telling her mother to "apologise for everything" or 'that will be that' is abusive.

You obviously won't agree with me Oldladynewlife which is fine but that doesn't make my posts on this thread of any less value or worthy of consideration by the OP, than yours.

Allsorts Wed 09-Mar-22 21:32:26

Has Longtootged grand ever responded?

Smileless2012 Wed 09-Mar-22 22:24:42

No I don't think so Allsorts.

Herefornow Thu 10-Mar-22 06:29:25

To be fair, we don't know if "apologise for everything" is OPs wording or her daughter's. I think that's important as it changes the tone completely whether the daughter actually said that or not. OP has never responded, i personally hope this is because she's managed to reconcile. I honestly don't see this happening without an apology for being interfering ie calling the in laws.

Smileless2012 Thu 10-Mar-22 09:14:11

I hope that that's the reason too Herefornow and if they have managed to sort this out, it will have needed both the OP and her D to take some responsibility and make apologies.

Oldladynewlife Thu 10-Mar-22 13:16:47

So true. Let’s hope it all got sorted as the daughter is really going through something terrifying and it would be good if she could relax and feel secure with her mother.