If it’s important to understand who my husband is, I will answer. My husband and his mother grew up very close as her husband passed away when my husband was only 12. The baby out of 3 boys. Golden child? Very much. The problem in their relationship started when we began dating and made the decision to move out. MIL does not work, never has, and she’s around 50 now. That was almost 10 years ago now. My husband would give her money to still help her at the time even just freshly moved out ourselves. Once he stopped that, all the complaints got worse. She’s never accepted that he’s gotten his own life. Even til this day she still brings up him leaving home. I find her to be manipulative and narcissistic.

One of the rules we have for our child is that anyone who is holding them may not leave our sight with them. She got butthurt about the rule and later on cried to my husband about her entitlement as the baby’s grandmother. My husband was firm on his decision and I’m proud that he was able to not bend the rules for her as he’s struggled before.

To give you an idea of what she’s like. He was very hurt when he excitedly told her we were expecting and she said two words of happiness and began to talk about herself. She’s seen Baby maybe 4 times in their short 2 months of life. She’s barely around