Should I have said something??

Background: my MIL and me used to have a great relationship. Then me and hub got pregnant and we moved into her house to save money for our own. Baby came early due to preeclampsia and she was in the NICU for almost 3 months. When she came home she had a lot of medical needs as well and ended up having surgery at 6 months. MIL doesn’t “do domestic” so we’ve always done the household tasks for years. During our NICU days we still did the cooking cleaning and everything else for the entire house with no help. She never came to see her granddaughter and belittled us when we asked for help doing HER OWN stuff at home. She constantly kicked me when I was down and brought up her own struggles as a single mom saying “you’re lucky there’s 2 of you”. My baby is now 14 months, she’s been wanting to be involved and “help” (do her own shit) for a couple months. I’ve been trying to just move on from all the hurtful mean things she’s said/did. Tonight I was doing the dishes and we were talking having a fine time. Then she mentioned how stress gives you cancer and she wishes she told me and her son to just breathe. And I said “what do you mean? Just in life in general?” And she said “no when you were going through everything last year I wish you would just breathe and not let stress get to you”. Needless to say I didn’t take that well and hubs came home from work mid-argument. I just feel like how dare she even comment on our stress during that time when I asked for help a couple times and she basically said fuck you. (She would actually add stuff on for us to do) My husband’s mad I even said anything but he stood up for me anyway and tried to smooth things over. I ended up telling her how much she hurt me and she claims she did nothing wrong and I’m making things up in my head. She’s NEVER wrong tho so that’s expected. Should I have just said “yeah we shoulda just breathed”??
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I m very sorry this happened to you and I m happy you have a healthy baby now. Those older generation comes with a poor emotional maturity. Sometimes I also wish they could take accountability for their actions and bad words but I realized lately that this is not gonna happen. For my own sake I put a healthy distance and change my expectations. Living there don't really allow that for you. Whenever you can, I would just nove out and have the healthy distance you need with her.

i wouldn’t have just let it go. it sounds like you know she wouldn’t have taken accountability for how she treated you and made you feel, so for me i feel better letting it out and that way she knows how you feel regardless is she agrees with you. my baby was also in the nicu for a little over 2.5 months so i completely understand the stress of that alone, and first coming home with medications, etc. you are so strong and brave and i’m sorry people close to you were not loving and supportive through and through ❤️

It’s not your fault. She wanted to change the narrative. And wtf is wrong with her casually bring up cancer… almost as if she was wishing it upon you. I rebuke it in the name of Jesus!

@Aurélie Youre exactly right, zero accountability just deny deny and blame others. I can’t wait to put a healthy distance 🤞

@devyn Thank you so much ❤️ honestly after I said something I did feel like a weight was lifted even though she deny everything

@Nelly LOL I know so random, she probably does!! She thinks she’s all wise and knowing so I think she was looking for a way to shed wisdom on me…. And landed on cancer 😆

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