Petty but gives me the ick

This post is so petty but I need to get if off my chest lol & get some advice My husband at times gives me the ‘ick’. He has a mum who wants to be involved in EVERY aspect of his life. It is honestly jarring but as long as she is not interfering in my or our life as a married couple, I just let them be. However today I just had a wtf moment. My husband suffers from dry skin just like me and I’ve told him to basically use the creams I use because they really help. But of course his mum has to get involved and has decided to intervene and started making him creams. She mixes a whole load of creams together (like Nivea, the Vaseline coco butter cream and some other random creams) to make one and honestly the smell isn’t the nicest and I just find it weird lol. You can literally by one cream and maybe an oil that will do the job. But anyway, She went away for a while and so he has been using my creams with no issues. Tonight she calls shouting down the phone saying you haven’t brought me all the creams for me to mix together for you. You have to buy it because you have very try skin and we have to deal with it. I automatically got the ick 🤣 sorry but this is a 34 year old man. He can find his own cream for his skin.. Sorry but wtf 😂 I am quite an independent person so seeing things like that honestly cringe me out. It just feels like he is a child he constantly needs her input in everything. It can honestly be annoying. Should I bring it up or is it just petty?
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I could not deal with a woman like that! Is he totally cool with how his mum is? Or does he kind of roll his eyes and put up with her to keep peace? If it was the first I said I’d be icked the fuck out😂

@Chloe he just agrees and will be like yeah I will buy it. I was just thinking wtf. This is weird 😂 this is a grown man! Sometimes he will be irritated but the majority of the time he will just go along with it. She likes to always feel needed. But she takes it too far!

That would be so annoying lmao, also mixing different creams isn’t magic. You definitely should say something as I already know this is the first of many stories 😭

I was dead at mixes the creams together tbh. Since when was she a dermatologist and erm that’s so counterproductive, just use one correct product. But anyway back to your point yes, it’s annoying. My partner is like this anytime he has an ailment of any kind he has to call his mum for instruction and well sympathy. She used to be a receptionist at a hospital so apparently she’s a doctor and will tell him oh it’s this or it’s that.

@Kayleigh the mixing creams is so strange but she thinks she knows everything so 😂 The stories are endless but this one just turned me off completely 😅

@Kya 😂 she’s a nurse so she feels this is her field. A mental health nurse at that! These men sometimes.. goodness! The running back to mum thing needs to stop especially when you are a grown adult and have a partner!

Petty. It’s a good thing they are close. Let it go

@Lara 🙌🏻 it’s nice that they’re close. I have no issue with that but sometimes it’s like she wants to do everything for him & I’m just here.

It is weird, gives me the ick too, but I think it’s harmless.. Honestly sometimes I feel for these oldies.. they feel so unwanted becz their children were there everything, their universe and now they should live alone and have their own life.. it’s difficult for some people if they didn’t have much life outside children.. so it’s good for them to feel involved in something, even if it’s weird and icky

Andddd that’s the actual issue right there OP. If you are having an issue that “she wants to do everything for him & im just here” then say that. Don’t make out it’s because of some mixed cream. The feeling you experience, is it jealousy? Hate? Rage? Sad? Amusement? It’s okay to be jealous. It’s natural. The only thing that makes it better is owning it and dealing with it for what it is.

@Lara 🙌🏻 ? Wtf

@Lara 🙌🏻 ermmm are you okay? Please don’t come with such energy pls. You would think you are the mum this post is about…relax. The post was very light hearted. The situation was cringy and I have EVERY right to feel that way. From this post you don’t even know the half of it. I’ve just decided to share a small part just to get it off my chest. I’m not angry. Nor do I hate the woman. She can just be over the top. Which my husband even says himself. I bought it up with my husband and he actually understood why it cringed me out. So pls rest.

@Roxy weird

@Simi yeah I don’t think she means harm either but it was just a wtf moment lol. She just wants something to do and he has always said that she is needy. But damn 😂

These mothers are seriously weird! I’m glad I’ve never come across one and I definitely won’t be one when it comes to my sons

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I don’t like when mothers can’t let go & sons can’t set some basic boundaries. My ex was a mamas boy, I liked her but couldn’t get past the codependency, leave the nest already & mama need to start letting go a bit 🤣

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