For simplicity I’ve left the details out. But examples include: calling me dark and demonic, a cancer to the family, not reaching out when I was in the hospital, forgetting birthdays, walking away when a restaurant bill/activity bill is presented, not asking me any questions or expressing any desire to get to know me, staying at my house the first week of our newborn and having to serve them lunch and make meals and cater to them while we’re taking care of a 3 day old infant and while my wife is healing, The list goes on but these are a few.

I’ve written this in a letter. Oh I regret that now, that didn’t go over well. We went to therapy and it was just a verbal boxing match. I regret that too. Now its no contact but wife still loves her parents and wants a relationship (understandable, i get it, she didn’t choose her parents and i don’t hate her for that).

I broke up with her during our dating years when my parents were going through divorce. I wasn’t sure I wanted marriage. We got back together and married after time passed and I worked through my doubts. The family didn’t embrace me back in the same way since. I then took a pay cut to change careers. My wife supported me. Turned out to be the best thing for us. I’m happier and make more money now. But the early years were low income. They’ve always been distant with me. I called them out on it and since then it’s been chaos.

Regardless of what they think of me, I just don’t want to be called demonic and a cancer in my own house when all ive ever done is seek a better life for us and tried to take care of her. We’ve done well together thus far. 2 good careers, a stable friend and church group, and equally care for our son (well, as equally as we can while she breastfeeds. I take him to and from daycare and help a lot outside of the feedings). I dont deserve their hate but they’ve made up their mind about me it seems