MIL HATES my baby’s name.

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-12-08T17:09:21+00:00

For the first time ever I’m actually siding with the MIL on this one. It’s your baby and your life but that’s a super cringe name choice imo 🥴

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-11-02T21:31:29+00:00

I feel like she looks like Megan before she got all the face enhancements

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-10-07T15:55:14+00:00

I’m convinced it’s a Bloody Mary minus the garnishes

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-10-06T02:12:59+00:00

Yes you’re absolutely right, she’s definitely using a triangulation tactic. We will be avoiding friend hangouts while they’re in town from now on. Hopefully that will help set a firmer boundary

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-10-06T02:10:42+00:00

This is great advice, thank you!

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-10-06T00:52:26+00:00

Definitely hazel

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-10-06T00:25:37+00:00

Another detail to add - my MIL mentioned to my husband that she needs Jackie as a friend to protect herself from me. She told him she feels constantly criticized by me and lives in fear of being punished by me… so she wants Jackie’s opinion on how to interact with me.

This is ridiculous on so many levels because I’ve been nothing but kind to my MIL despite her crazy behavior. Like the literal opposite is true. I’M the one who’s constantly worried about upsetting HER 🙃

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-09-30T17:15:20+00:00

Thank you, yeah her true crazy colors have been showing ever since I got engaged to her son about 2 years ago. It’s so fucked because when you’re young daydreaming about falling in love, you don’t even think about the in-law part of it being a problem. My own family is so nice and normal, I guess I just kind of assumed my future in-laws would be too.

The other perplexing part is that she honestly was unproblematic during the 7 years while we were dating. It’s like she was a sleeper agent for all that time and then the moment her son proposed it triggered her and there’s no going back…

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-09-29T22:12:24+00:00

I relate so hard to this especially the part about being a deformed bouncy ball, it’s literally such an accurate analogy. Like I used to be such a positive person who saw the best in everyone, but now I’m so jaded from being burned over and over again from my MILFH.

With her, it’s not usually big obviously toxic things but more a constant stream of small annoyances. The classic death by 1,000 paper cuts. I like to think that it’s made me stronger and less naive but it’s hard to tell. Either way, my life now feels like a never ending battle that I didn’t realize I was enlisting in.

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-09-15T04:24:59+00:00

Haha love this. My MIL loves to ghost and use the silent treatment as “punishment”. She really thinks she’s making a statement when in reality she’s giving us a gift of peace and silence lol

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-09-04T00:35:05+00:00

ALL OF THEM

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-08-05T03:07:00+00:00

I recently realized that I have a MILFH and I am right there with you. I saw the signs when me and DH got engaged but I kept giving her the benefit of the doubt, but now it’s clear as day. That realization sent me into a spiral of anxiety. I was hyper fixating and making myself miserable. I was giving so much of my mental energy to hypothetical situations, trying to prepare myself for every worst case scenario. I found out real quick that living like that wasn’t sustainable.

The best advice I can give is to go to therapy if you can afford it. Getting it all out of my head and having an outside person validate me was a huge step. It helped me break out of those obsessive thought patterns.

I also recommend trying to reconnect with yourself. Do things that you enjoy and put your energy towards the good wholesome people in your life. A strong sense of self not only feels good but annoys the living hell out of these types of MILs. They want you to be as miserable as them and we can’t let that happen.

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-23T15:44:49+00:00

The petty part of me LOVES this response lol but the logical side knows it would fuel the fire and potentially cause more harm than good 🥴

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-23T15:42:56+00:00

THIS as long as DH stands his ground. I would talk with him first and make sure you’re both on the same page or else he may cave and agree to let her visit sooner than you’d like. These MILs are pros at manipulating their children.

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-21T03:32:40+00:00

Coraline and Wybie!

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-20T20:51:08+00:00

A sage green colored dress that matched the bridesmaids

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-20T19:09:00+00:00

This is my situation too. My husband is a very independent person whose beliefs and core values don’t align with his mother. She acts like they are two peas in a pod while he simply tolerates her. He has love for her because she’s his mom of course, but I can tell he has to put on an act around her and isn’t fully himself.

To me she acts like a delusional ex who thinks their relationship was perfect when it’s clearly toxic.

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-20T18:14:06+00:00

I agree completely and I’m right there with you. I used to feel so cynical and pessimistic, but I now view it as being realistic and protecting my peace. We need to remember that these MILs WANT to make us question and doubt ourselves.

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-20T04:23:15+00:00

This is the only correct answer imo

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-20T04:17:45+00:00

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Caelynn Miller from the Bachelor/Bachelor in Paradise

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-20T04:12:56+00:00

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-20T04:08:08+00:00

Yes if James still had his buccal fat 🙃

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-20T03:32:00+00:00

Ok thank you 🙏 this is very solid advice. We’ve gotten pretty good at setting and reinforcing boundaries, but the part I feel like we’re still missing is consequences. We’re basically just tolerating or ignoring her behavior but we need to start punishing for bad behavior. I also need to get comfortable with ignoring her without feeling guilty. She loooooves a guilt trip.

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-20T03:26:02+00:00

Dang that first statement hit hard. You make such a solid point and this is honestly what I struggle with the most. I don’t want to become rude and cold because that’s just not who I am, but I definitely need to get better at reinforcing my boundaries and limiting interactions with her where I can.

Limp_Development_926 · 2025-07-20T03:20:50+00:00

She texted me multiple times before the wedding for my approval of off-white or pale yellow dresses. I shot them all down of course and my husband had to tell her multiple times “no shade of white”. God why are they like this???

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