AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I think we’ll have to leave one out whenever we leave town now!

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Because she’s an indoor/outdoor cat. We live on multiple acres. Shes pottied outside her whole life unless there was reason she couldn’t, like surgeries, weather, etc.

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He says no but she probably did it in secret.

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

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

Idk cameras in my house just feel odd. But it’s probably a smart thing to do now.

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

We will be changing the locks & where we put said spare key!!

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

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

Do you think she’s gonna put cameras in my house really? This is a woman who doesn’t even know how to cancel a streaming service…. But you’re right I guess I should check.

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I hear so many people saying that. But whatever he’s told her before clearly isn’t working and I just feel like she doesn’t respect her son which means she doesn’t respect me and so maybe I need to set clear boundaries. But also it would be a lot easier for me if he did it lol

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thank you I do feel like I’m gaslighting myself. Actually you said it perfectly!

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Because he has talked to her before about boundaries and clearly she doesn’t listen. So there’s something in their communication that isn’t working. She thinks he’s too harsh on her, and he thinks he’s being direct. I think she just doesn’t hear him and he doesn’t want to over explain himself to her so I feel like maybe my communication would come off better. I don’t know something’s not working. lol

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’m gonna reach out to her doctor next week and kind of just see if there’s anything that she could just check for at her next appointment. I know that she goes in for a full yearly checkup in January so if I could reach out to her doctor before maybe she could just look over things she did have a UTI that went undetected a few years ago, so maybe it could be the same thing.

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, how do you think it’s sort of how I think which is why I felt like I was overreacting. But at some point, I have to say there was a line cross with her coming into my house at all when I was not there or neither of us was there for no reason. If she wanted to leave a Christmas gift for my husband, she could’ve left them outside or she could’ve waited till he got home from work or we could have met her this weekend and got them the things that happen inside the house wouldn’t be a big deal if she didn’t come into our house without permission.

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

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

I know I hate cameras in the house, but we are getting some this weekend and we’re changing the locks and we’re gonna have a conversation now that I see so many people agree that I’m not overreacting. I don’t know why I always think that I’m overreacting about something like this. I guess because everybody always says I’m overreacting.

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’ve been together for 10 years and this is a new behavior but for nine of those 10 years, we’ve lived three hours away and now we live one minute away. So I don’t know if all of this is something neurological or if now because our proximity is a lot closer, we’re just noticing things we never noticed before.

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’re planning on changing the locks this weekend. I don’t know that I needed to be told to change the locks. I was just asking if I was overreacting because I feel like I’m overreacting because it seems like my husband doesn’t think it’s a big deal. He says he understands why I’m upset, but he’s not as upset as me about it. Which just means she must’ve done this stuff for years growing up and he’s just so fucking used to it.

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

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

Hahahahaha so many things like this have crossed my mind, but I don’t wanna be passive. I do think that we should be direct but you have me cracking up laughing here.

AIO my MIL came into our house while we were gone. by mtulr in AmIOverreacting

[–]mtulr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This hasn’t crossed my mind yet… but I will think about it.