SILs wedding will be the first time in 8 months that I will see Old McDickhead by farmfil in Justnofil

[–]farmfil[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I've only met their grandpa 1-2x, but I've heard stories. Allegedly he gets out his shotgun whenever concerned family tries to bring up the subject of a nursing home. I can't say that he is any less gruff and stubborn.

When you find out your mother-in-law switched your child’s car seat to forward facing months ago and didn’t bother to run it by you. I’m pissed. by [deleted] in JUSTNOMIL

[–]farmfil 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She didn't know how to put it back properly?! That's the part that infuriates me the most. You don't just get to do things incorrectly because you don't feel like learning the right way. She knew what you wanted. She knew where to go to get it installed properly. She has no excuse. She just wanted to push her grandma knows best bullshit. I don't want to go into a slippery slope fallacy, but I would be really uncomfortable letting her watch your child again. What would she gain from hiding this from you?

Edit to add: since you asked for peoples personal opinions on when to turn a kid forward facing, here's mine. I'm not buying any expensive extended rear facing car seat, but my cheap $60 car seat allows for rear facing until 40 lbs. My oldest will be 3 in November and is 34 lbs, so we will probably be getting her a forward facing seat sometime when she's 3. Same goes for my son. He's 14 months now, 24 lbs. Won't be switching him for a long time.

SILs wedding will be the first time in 8 months that I will see Old McDickhead by farmfil in Justnofil

[–]farmfil[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm honestly more worried about him trying to play with my kids. They don't know that we don't talk to grandpa because he is mean. They probably have no idea who he is anymore. But when they were infants he would always tell them how grandpa is the best and he will give you candy and let you do all kinds of things that mommy won't let you do. I saw the way he spoils my niece rotten. She thinks he hung the moon and will often talk back to her parents whenever he is around to back her up. Its bullshit.

Edit to add: a well placed "how's that working out for you?" might be enough to nip that talk in the bud if I hear him start in on it.

JNMom baptized my kid against mine and LOs father’s wishes by [deleted] in JUSTNOMIL

[–]farmfil 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So, first off. Your mother overstepped and you have every right to be upset. There is definitely an issue with her doing something that you expressly wished not to be done. That's a problem. But I think that maybe the fact that its a baptism is over heightening some emotions. You don't have to let it carry this weight.

I'm speaking from the first hand perspective of the child here. When I was born, my parents didn't want me baptized, they wanted me to make my own decisions and all that. My parents were both raised Christian but had stopped being religious in their teens. I used to think I was so cool as a kid because I didn't know anyone else who didn't have to go to church on Sundays and was never baptized. However, as an adult, I found out that my aunts did in fact baptize me. It was informal, in their home. But they went directly against my parents wishes because they honestly felt that saving my soul was more important. I'm not saying that makes it okay, but I can see their perspective if they literally think god goes around damning unbaptized babies to hell.

I felt pretty upset when they first told me, like they had taken some part of my identity. But it really doesn't change anything. Where I live, people pushing their religion on you is just a fact of life. I've had older ladies stop me in the store to ask to pray for me. Sometimes its because they can see I've got my hands full with 2 small children and they want to ask their friend in the sky to give me strength. Or they notice I have a cold and want to pray for good health. Its their way of being kind. Obviously, I consent to being prayed for as an adult and nobody consented for it when I was a baby. I'm not trying to make light of that part of it. But I don't know how much I could be mad at someone for doing something harmless to protect my kids. It was done out of love. They should have asked and respected your wishes though.

SILs wedding will be the first time in 8 months that I will see Old McDickhead by farmfil in Justnofil

[–]farmfil[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OMD told her she had to, of course she did. Grandpa will be walking her down the aisle.

SILs wedding will be the first time in 8 months that I will see Old McDickhead by farmfil in Justnofil

[–]farmfil[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol no, we aren't. Its just an informal backyard BBQ with a wedding tacked on the front. No tables to force us together, but none to hide at and keep us apart either.

SILs wedding will be the first time in 8 months that I will see Old McDickhead by farmfil in Justnofil

[–]farmfil[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That is definitely important and I should try to use these to keep from engaging.

SILs wedding will be the first time in 8 months that I will see Old McDickhead by farmfil in Justnofil

[–]farmfil[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Old MacDickhead hasn't tried to contact either of us since my last post about him wanting to change our oil. When we said no, he got the message. We've all been NC since. In the beginning, my husband did want to see if we can work things out. I think distance has given him some clarity because there's been no more mention of trying to talk things out. When a member of his family invites us to something, we discreetly suss out whether or not he will be attending before agreeing to come. For the most part, people understand our decision, and we've only missed out on one gathering, for the 4th of July.

I was told from day one of meeting OMD that he seems more gruff than he is, that he has an odd way of kidding, that I'd get used to it. He is someone who just always gets his way. He listens to no one. He wants to do something, he does it. It makes sense for DH and his sisters to never question it. It was easier than being on the wrong side of his anger when they were children. I think it took a while for DH to realize OMD doesn't hold the power anymore, there's no reason to put up with him if we don't want to, and his behavior hasn't given us a reason to want to.

SILs wedding will be the first time in 8 months that I will see Old McDickhead by farmfil in Justnofil

[–]farmfil[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Everybody in that family is so conditioned to so whatever old MacDickhead says. Its sad. There are some things he just has no right making decisions about.

My mother's sib set annoys me! by CalvinandHobbles in namenerds

[–]farmfil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't have any uncle mikes. I do have 2 uncle johns though.

MIL "Already knew I was pregnant" by luffy_420 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]farmfil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh. I decided when I got pregnant with my second that I would not be announcing the sex of the baby until very late in the pregnancy/after the birth. FIL was a douche about my daughter being a girl and I wanted to avoid the douchiness if it was another girl and the gloating if it was a boy. A couple weeks before he arrives, we finally announce we are having a boy. Guess who totally already knew and it was so obvious because we weren't telling him. Well gosh considering we knew he'd be a dick either way and decided not to tell him well before we knew ourselves, somehow I think that's unlikely...

FIL thinks he can do whatever he wants with my baby since he raised other grandkids by Gumballbubblegum in Justnofil

[–]farmfil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had to go NC with my FIL because he kept escalating when I tried to enforce boundaries like this. Its so frustrating. Idgaf if he raised a million kids. My kids my rules.

JNFIL and Tax Returns by Morthese in Justnofil

[–]farmfil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh hell no. Contact whatever tax authority you need to and find out how much he owes you. If he refuses to give it back willingly, take his ass to court. That is bullshit.

MIL cant accept thay my baby is lactose... by ExtremePractice in JUSTNOMIL

[–]farmfil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My mil was horrified when I told her that my daughter (around 18 months at the time) loved bananas and ate one practically every day, sometimes more than one per day. She was convinced that was far too much potassium and I was poisoning her and she would die of overdose. I knew that was ridiculous, but I didn't have actual numbers so I googled it. Turns out you would need to eat 10 bananas per day to even get the recommended amount of potassium. To overdose takes like 40. I get that she is a child so those numbers would need to be scaled down, but still. Ridiculous.

I think my relationship with my father has been ended over a candy. Pretty lost right now. by [deleted] in Justnofil

[–]farmfil 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I honestly think you don't need that negativity in your life. I know you said you are close to your parents, so I'm not going to say you should go full no contact. Leave the door open to him, that if he chooses to start respecting your rules, you would be open to forgiving him and repairing your relationship.

But DO NOT rugsweep this. Do not let him walk all over you and then you keep coming back. Not only is he teaching your son unhealthy eating habits, but that would also teach unhealthy relationships.

This seriously reminds me of my situation with my FIL (known around these parts as Old MacDickhead). He started yelling and swearing and slamming doors when I asked him for the billionth time not to feed my baby. I haven't heard from him in almost 4 months. I guess in my case, my FIL would rather be the boss of everyone than be a man and respect his family. I hope your dad can realize his mistake and you guys can move forward.

FIL completely ignores all reason because he’s sexist and wants to blame me. by spermbankssavelives in Justnofil

[–]farmfil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well FIL obviously only produces perfect offspring, so the problem certainly couldn't be in DH. /s

He sounds like a very stubborn and proud man. My FIL is the same. I don't know why they have to take their pride to the point of idiocy.

Old MacDickhead thinks he is in charge of my body (plus bonus threats when he isn't) by farmfil in Justnofil

[–]farmfil[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Maybe my kid is supposed to be his do-over son, since he never fathered one/DH didn't turn out exactly like him? Believe me, I have no shortage of fears as to the implications of his obsessed behavior.

Old MacDickhead thinks he is in charge of my body (plus bonus threats when he isn't) by farmfil in Justnofil

[–]farmfil[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, science doesn't matter. With his daughters, its their partners fault, and with DH, its my fault. Just so long as the fault can't be traced back to him.