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DoubleUteeEFF's picture

o-m-g.

The fucking nerve.

Okay. We have a calendar a year in advance that we send to BM of our time with SD.
Well the co states 2 weekends a month and that DH is to let her know which ones are his 30days advance.
It doesn't specify that it needs to be his weekends off (though we obviously schedule them his weekends off)
It doesn't specify that it needs to follow his work rotation.
And it doesn't specify that holidays override his time. (So if he loses a weekend because BM gets her for Mother's Day weekend, how could that be fair? His weekend would just fall on another weekend then. He shouldn't miss out on seeing his daughter (who he only gets 4 days a month with (+rotated holidays and school days)

So DH's schedule rotation changed to a new rotation pattern and Bm didn't know the NEW rotation and we WEREN'T going to tell her (we don't have to) because we wanted to get her off this whole "it has to be your rotation" complaint. We've gone back and forward with her reciting the CO But she still argues it.

This was our chance because she didn't know his rotation so it was a clean slate away from that. And finally it can just be "these are our days" and leave it at that.

Well, one of his weekends wasn't scheduled on his weekend off because he actually had to work that weekend since another coworker took vacation. However SD had off from school Monday and Tuesday and he was off those days so we scheduled that to be his weekend so he could see SD Monday and Tuesday and i would just watch her Sat&Sun. Have some step mom time and she can hang out with her new brother.

It's been on the calendar since August. And of course two days before the exchange, Bm emails us saying it's her weekend not ours. We explained again that he gets 2 weekends a month + school holidays if they fall next to his weekend. (Which we barely ever get because they never fall next to his weekends)
We also explained that co states 2 weekends a month and doesn't specify anything further. That it's been on the calendar since August and if she had an issue she could have brought it up well in advance (not 2 days before) so we can discuss a solution. Otherwise - too bad too sad, it's our weekend.

She continued to bitch. DH kindly stated that he can have custody of SD mon-Friday's and she can have the weekends if this one weekend is such an issue.
She said we were getting an extra weekend (which we weren't. There were only two scheduled that month. I seriously thought she was smoking something. I'm like this weekend ONE and this is weekend TWO...where the fuck do you see three weekends?)

Anyway. I KNEW she was going to show up at the exchange. Bm has been trying to behave because 1. She already has so many counts against her. And 2. SD has been expressing how she wants to live with us. And BM doesn't want that to happen so I know she fears is taking custody (even though we know it would be difficult to)

DH told mil about it. MIL knows we don't want Bm knowing his work rotation and we don't want her so much into our business. (If Bm knew his rotation she would know his whole schedule regardless if we got SD or not.)
MIL fucking text BM and goes "do you mind if I have SD this weekend? I know (DH) is off Monday and Tuesday".

Why? WHY MIL?! first off MIL made it seem like it wasn't our weekend (which is what we were arguing because it IS our weekend) AND she told BM DH's days off. Which is none of her damn business.
That same day DH was planning on messaging BM and being like "just confirming we'll be meeting Friday for exchange"

Before we knew milessaged her...BM messaged DH saying "fyi I'm meeting your mom Friday."

We didn't respond (at the time.) we contacted MIL first because we were confused.... I called MiL and I said, you talked to BM? She said yes. I asked WHY and she said "(DH) told me to".
I went to DH who told me he DIDNT tell her to contact BM. That MIL asked him if he heard anything from BM about our weekend. DH said no. Then MIL said "would it help if I contacted her?" And DH said "no, I don't believe it would".

He called MIL upset and told her that didn't mean to go text BM.
& that BM needs to discuss the exchange with HIM, Not her. He doesn't need an "FYI" about HIS weekend from BM. Not only that but now BM was making it out like she was sacrificing HER weekend and "giving" it to us like the oh so wonderful person she is.

I was pissed. I didn't know what MIL said but BM sent DH a screen shot of MIL's message with the meet up plans.
When I read that MIL told her DH's schedule and acted like she was asking permission to have SD on "BM's" weekend (which was OUR scheduled weekend), I called MIL & FLIPPED out on her.

I'm so fucking done with her crossing boundaries. This just put me over the edge (not the first time she's done this shit). Not to mention the last time I saw her which was the day before this incident, she said my (now 4mo) looked GAY in his hat. I had a hat on him because it was cold out.

How the fuck does a baby look GAY?!
God I wanted to punch her.

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MidwestStepmom's picture

Yeah, agreed. You need to stop the chit chat with Bm. Just submit the days and be done with it. You also need to inform bm and mil that if sd is givin to mil on a weekend, then it is not to be counted against your weekends.

DoubleUteeEFF's picture

I try to keep MIL out of the business.
I guess DH told MIL about the situation of BM saying that wasn't our weekend.

Then we went to visit MIL at her house and at se point while we were there (I didn't hear this convo)...she asked DH if he heard anything from BM about us getting our weekend (because the end of our talk with BM kinda went like your example. Crickets. We left it alone. And BM stopped texting us eventually. She kept saying it wasn't our weekend. We ignored her.)

So. MiL asked DH if he heard from BM. DH said no. But he told MIL that he was going to contact her the next day to "confirm" or something to make sure she will be at the exchange since it's a far drive for us. (We'd go anyway and then report her if she didn't show up. But I was sure she would)

Then MIL said "would it help if I contacted her"....etc etc.

MIL knew the situation. Knew it was our weekend that we had scheduled. MIL has the same alendar that we give to BM of our weekends. MIL knew we wanted BM off his work rotation. (MIL even agreed that she should stick to the CO not be worried about Dh's work schedule)

So why ohhh fucking why did MIL message her and say what she said?!
Beats me. I went off.

Sootica's picture

Your MIL is completely out of line discussing DH's work rota with BM.There is way too much conversation (unnecessary) with the BM.I agree with tog how the conversation should have played out.The weekends are set in advance and that's how it is no bargaining.DH had this problem a few years ago with BM where weekends were swapped and change at the last minute only ever to BM's benefit of course.Until he put his foot down ie. I blew a gasket and told him in no uncertain terms our homelife would not be dictated by BM's whims!

Regarding MIL seeing skids -my MIL always makes sure if she wants to have SS it's on DH's weekend and she has zero discussions with BM regarding seeing SS.We do however have SS 50% of the time and I understand it might be more difficult if skid is with you only 2 weekends a month.If you won't permit MIL to have him on your days though she will then feel obliged to contact BM to see her grandchild.Not a good thing to encourage as this feeds the golden uterus power trip and still makes her feel like she is "in" with the family.

mom2futuresuperhero's picture

UGH! It must be MIL weekend. I have to look at mine today. She is one of those that will go behind hubby's back and arrange to see his daughter.

I do not understand why these goofy ass grandmothers are under the delusion they are an integral part of the family unit. You raised your kid bitch. It is a grandkid. You get what the parent gives. Go play bridge or jump off a bridge or but the hell out.

Why do in-laws get over involved in step situations? Is it worse if the MIL is the mom of the son or no different? I am married to the oldest of 4 boys (now men). That bitch and his crazy ass family are the freakn' queens of relational aggression. I just remind my husband who sucks you off me or mommy? He hates that but apparently that imagine usually gets grandma insignificunt out of our lives for at least a month. }:)

Sorry not to go off on a tangent on your thread but damn meddlesome in-laws are like fungus!