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Any advice is appreciated!DIL at a loss here!!

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DILseekingAdvice Sun 26-Nov-17 07:35:02

Hi all,
So I'm a DIL and the main reason I've come to gransnet is to ask you lovely ladies for your honest (happy for brutal honesty) opinions on my situation.
So my MIL and I do not have a good relationship, this all started before I got pregnant and worsened during my pregnancy. It started off with MIL and the other inlaws expecting to throw my baby shower the way they wanted it (my sister held the shower) during the shower MIL made quite a few nasty comments to my guests in regards to me (told everyone I was having a cesarean to spite her as she was going on a cruise at the scheduled date- this was docs choice not mine, said my size was going to lead to the baby being born tiny and sick- I have anemia and cannot put weight on no matter how hard I try, that I don't help her enough, that I've taken her son away- he moved in with me but still sees her regularly, that I'm lazy and don't work hard- I worked 60+ hour weeks up until birth, that I'm using her son- I actually make more money than he does ) about a week before I had my baby she was insisting that DH take DD to her and leave me at home when she returned from holiday (DD 5 days old) so she and her family could have bonding time with their baby (exact words). This I was not ok with so her and her family ended up visiting, showing up at 9pm, they then made fun of me (calling me a brat and that I was looking dreadful) then MIL got her turn to hold DD and started coughing all over her, she then informs me that she had picked up a virus- I asked them to leave at this point. Since then we have butted heads over everything, I'm not comfortable with unsupervised visits as she has shown me countless time she doesn't take any regard towards my safety concerns for DD and seems to purposely do the opposite of what I ask and then hassles both DH and I to let her keep the baby constantly, when I take DD to see her she constantly makes passive aggressive comments (eg she said I need to wear makeup and take care of myself so DH doesn't wander.. That I'm keeping her away from her baby- my DD, that I should let them have her whenever they want and that I'm too clingy, overprotective and a b**ch, ruining her family dynamics, tells these things to DD) she also refuses to follow the rules I have set (no sick visits allowed- the past 5 times I've visited, even with checking that no one is ill someone has been sick and she has lied to me about it, no children kissing baby, no kissing baby on lips, that she is not to stand and walk with baby as she has serious health issues and cannot walk unassisted, no solid food- baby is only 3 months) none of my inlaws have made any effort to actually come and visit apart from the first visit and seem to prefer to whinge amongst themselves and plan spiteful things (eg my DDs Xmas gift from them is apparently photos with their name labels so she knows who they are) I've said to them countless times that all they need to do is message me if they would like to visit her and we can arrange it but not once has this happened, it seems as if I'm the only one who makes the effort to organise for them to see her and they refuse to come to us, we have to go to them. I've actually gotten to the point when even a phone call or planning a visit leads to me having a giant anxiety attack and I have been experiencing extreme anxiety around them! To make matters worse DD is a shy little baby and they refuse to pass her back to me when she needs to be fed or is hysterically crying they just ignore me until DH tells them to hand her back. I'm just at a loss as to what to do any advice would be appreciated

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 09:51:51

Same phrases:
butting heads
grandmother telling baby; mummy does nasty things to you....mummy naughty lady....
If it's not GNHQ, it's still the same person.

And who mentioned troll? Not me!

Eglantine21 Sat 09-Dec-17 09:51:05

When we all respond questioning the school uniform threads, is that troll hunting? I've only been here a few months but even I recognise that one!
Why is hunting a troll bad? Shouldn't they be outed?
And now am I derailing?
Not yet quite got the etiquette of posting I'm afraid.

Jalima1108 Sat 09-Dec-17 09:46:40

ps I didn't think it was GNHQ and wouldn't want to be accused of 'troll-hunting' but some OPs often sound very familiar - which could be an ongoing unsolved problem of course.

Jalima1108 Sat 09-Dec-17 09:45:01

Oh dear, sorry Cari blush

CariGransnet (GNHQ) Sat 09-Dec-17 08:41:10

It goes without saying that the OP is nothing to do with us. Also inferring that anyone is a troll goes against our guidelines. Should you have any concerns about a post or poster please get in touch with us to voice them rather than doing so on the thread

Yogagirl

Jalima looks that way to me, on the Oct thread I put one post saying is this for real confused hmm Same person writing the first thread to this one, think it's GNHQ admin. getting us going, and it worked. I was accused before of only staying on 'my page' so I ventured out, but I will def stay well clear in future.

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 08:29:55

Blue link doesn't work tchconfused

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 08:28:54

no longer allowed to see son (119 Posts)

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 08:27:32

no longer allowed to see son (119 Posts)

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 08:25:34

Found it! sorry it is on 'Grandparenting' forum:

Mil no longer allowed to see son (119 Posts)

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 08:17:47

There were 7pages, so lots of posts, from posters on here.

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 08:15:40

That Oct thread has gone! I even put it in the search bar, nothing, & gone from my 'I'm on' Don't know if anyone else can find it.

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 07:49:52

Who are you bug ?? you seem to know and remember all the details of my story, even more than me hmm If you are a grandmother, are you my grandsons?[ my granddaughters half brother]

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 07:47:24

Thank you Smileless Xx

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 07:45:39

Ok Madgran I have re-read, so thank you xx That Oct thread is on 'relationships', bit way down now, but can't be two people using exactly the same phrase;
Hi, I’m not a Gran, but a first time mum hoping you lovely ladies can offer some advice. I’ve chosen to post here instead of mumsnet hmm confused Baby same age & same sort of story line, albeit a bit different, but if you were reading a book you would think same author!

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 07:35:14

I was giving my opinion Farnorth Anyway it looks like it was all a lie tchshock I know my post are in pink, dah! as I said no time or inclination

Yogagirl Sat 09-Dec-17 07:26:49

Jalima looks that way to me, on the Oct thread I put one post saying is this for real confused hmm Same person writing the first thread to this one, think it's GNHQ admin. getting us going, and it worked. I was accused before of only staying on 'my page' so I ventured out, but I will def stay well clear in future.

FarNorth Fri 08-Dec-17 21:23:13

Yogagirl, it would take very little time to check back on your posts, as they will be highlighted in pink.

To jog your memory, you said "I do not believe for one second that an adult relative that would love this baby, would allow a small child, cousin, to hold a new born baby & run round the house with it!"

So you were saying the OP lied. That was unkind.

Smileless2012 Fri 08-Dec-17 16:18:50

And you are a very rude and uncaring one bugsy. Some lovely 'chat' has taken place between DILseekingadvice and Yogagirl. If you haven't read it I suggest you do, you might learn something.

Madgran77 Fri 08-Dec-17 13:51:33

Where is the VanillaSoyLatte post - which forum?

Madgran77 Fri 08-Dec-17 13:41:59

Yogagirl Please read my post again...I didn't say YOU were unkind, I was commenting on Bugsy's comments to you!!!

Jalima1108 Fri 08-Dec-17 10:26:27

do you think we've been had Yogagirl?
(wouldn't be the first time)

bugsy555 Fri 08-Dec-17 09:37:07

Yoga you accuse everybody that you disagree with of being from mumsnet. I'm not and never have posted on that forum. You are a very paranoid lady.

Yogagirl Fri 08-Dec-17 09:30:57

Just found this, looks very familiar confused

VanillaSoyLatte Sun 08-Oct-17 17:34:22
Hi, I’m not a Gran, but a first time mum hoping you lovely ladies can offer some advice. I’ve chosen to post here instead of mumsnet as I’m hoping to avoid this turning into a huge anti mil thread.

This may be quite long so please bear with me......

Yogagirl Fri 08-Dec-17 08:16:38

By the way Bugsy is not a grandmother, she's from mumsnet.

Was I being unkind Madgran ? I would have to look back on all I wrote to establish if that is true, [no time or inclination] but I hope you are wrong, as I wouldn't want to be unkind to anyone. Having a difference of opinion & voicing that, is that unkind then? The OP did ask for: your honest (happy for brutal honesty) opinions on my situation

Yogagirl Fri 08-Dec-17 08:04:50

Morning Dilseeking
Thank you for your nice posts & I take on board that not all m.i.l will be nice, but not to put your GC health & safety before anything else is something I cannot understand!
I have tried that hangi, as I lived in Africa and they cooked like that too, yes delicious tchgrin. I had many amazing adventures whilst living there and have some fantastic photos of my daughter, one with the Zulu tribal women, in all their tribal gear,[ which they wear every day], the women holding her, standing out in the bush, we just came across these women on a drive out one day. Another great pic of my D leaning out of our car and right behind her were two giraffe tchshock. So yes you really must visit your husbands homeland and get some good pics of your D too. Who would have thought we two, would end up having a pleasant chat on here tchsmile Xx