Am I being unreasonable?!

I don’t know If I am letting my emotions get the best of me in this situation so I would really appreciate some thoughts/advice. My in-laws live 1 hour 30mins away, the last time we drove up to them, my LG who was 10weeks at the time. Was sooo bad especially on the way back, she cried every time I put her in the car seat. We had to keep stopping and ended up getting home at 10pm. Also while we were at my in-laws, no one was letting her go down for a nap, kept getting told to put her down. Essentially she was overstimulated. I was so angry at myself because I knew it was a bad idea taking her and I was dreading it leading up, but I did it because my husband wanted to go. Now it is my husbands birthday next week and he suggested going, my heart sank because I am so traumatised by last time. Yesterday I heard his mum say to come on the 2nd and he said - yeah I’ll see. Immediately I got angry and said no we can’t go, she can’t cope with the journey, so he said, what if I tell them to come here. BUT he won’t be home til after 5pm. So I was like you’re not even going to be here. I asked why he didn’t explain to them that she struggles, so they are aware instead of them thinking that it’s me who doesn’t want to take her. My husband thinks I’m being selfish because I don’t want to do either plan. Tbh I hate being around them, I just feel awkward and uncomfortable. My husband and I had an argument about this and I ended up saying, I wish she never had to go there but that can’t happen. Which he thought was hurtful. I can’t apologise because I am so angry, why should we put our baby through that journey but also why is he inviting them on a day when he’s not even here. Why is he calling me selfish when he can’t see that his family is awkward and not nice for me to be around. He thinks I am just trying to keep my daughter away from his family because of how I feel about them. Now we are not speaking. Am I just being a bitch and selfish? How do I resolve this? Thank you xx
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What a horrible situation. I’m still paying for a visit my partner organised without me with his family on a day I wasn’t in resulting in him cancelling and blaming me for being out. I’ve realised no matter what you say he will always excuse anything towards their side of the family. We’ve had so many arguments where I’ve expressed something and he’s not agreed with it x

So many hugs . See if you can bring a pack and play or other travel crib option. Find a spare room at their place. Say that this is where you will be with the baby. Go out of the room if you want to visit with others and the baby. Or just stay in that room. With baby and a travel crib. Bring a book to read or something to do. But if they ask you to come out of the room say " I'm not interested in leaving here, you can come to me here if you want to visit with us" that way, yes they can visit with her at their place ... But it's on your terms. And that way baby has somewhere to be able to nap so she can rest when she's tired

And no you're not being selfish because you're also thinking of your daughter and her needs , as well as your own lack of desire to visit with them personally

You can’t just not see his family unfortunately. Be firmer with boundaries and make them travel to you if it’s easier for you

If the drive is too much for her I wouldn't go either. I still haven't done the 2.5 hour drive to visit my family because I know my 4 month old would be very distraught. They have come to visit us a handful of times and it was much easier. They understand she needs naps though and don't interfere.

My parents live three hours away. They visit every few months because he is their first grandchild

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