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MIL tries to stir the pot again

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So I had shut off my Facebook for awhile because I was sick of people causing drama on it. Ahem, inlaws.

Signed back in today to create a birthday event for DS2s birthday coming up. DH had wanted to invite his parents still even though really they both need to just fall off a porch and die. But MIL had deleted me - WHEN MY ACCOUNT WASNT EVEN ACTIVE - so she really went out of her way to. 

Dang, guess I can't invite her then. What a childish old woman.

ETA: She deleted DH too! I wonder if she's disowning him because SD doesn't live here anymore.

Taxes

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Recap: in January BM messaged us that she was going to have SD fulltime and we have no say. Immediately followed by "I'm sure you've already arranged to claim her on taxes for this year, but I want to every year after this." 

Today she messaged to just check if we were claiming her this year before she filed. Hahaha, did she really think we would let her just to be nice after all of this?

What the heck does BM want? Part 2

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So SD was reporting what she ate to BM via email yesterday. Surprisingly, she had no complaints. At first the emails were over the top with I love yous (which DH said is not like BM at all in person). After getting no complaints, BM just stopped replying to SD altogether. Other than making one condescending comment about SD getting a glass of sprite. SD sent her a random message this morning that was just about PI day and she didn't reply to that at all today either. 

What the heck does BM want?

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So SD is emailing BM again constantly from our house. She's done that the 2 weekends she's been here since BM flipped out and said she can only come 1 weekend a month. Last month when she stayed at the inlaws there wasn't any emailing, so I know it's just when she's at our house.

All they're discussing is what she had to eat and when. The first message was from SD stating she ate lunch 3 hours ago and what it was so obviously BM had told her to report to her about it. Wtf? Why is she nitpicking about what she's eating here and not even asking about anything else?

I thought he got it

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So DH apparently thinks it's normal for kids to not want to spend a time with their parents. He was talking to a friend whose teen doesn't want to come over to visit anymore and from that convo I gathered that he still doesn't get that there's something off with SD/BM/the whole situation and he thinks she's just acting like a normal kid but not caring if she sees him at all.

Reality

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Kind of based off my last blog about how no, we aren't one big happy family.

I've been thinking alot about the reality of our family situation. And the reality is this:

You are not one big happy family

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I read a post in a parenting group today from a stepmom whose SD is an only child, but her and DH have 3 other kids. She was going on and on about all the sacrifices she made to BM to keep the peace because she believed tbey were all on the same team. Gave up her religion, had weekly phone calls with BM to discuss how she wanted things to be for SD. Things we all know are way too much. Then she writes that she feels like an idiot because she's realized when she's asked BM for a little in return, she won't budge. And no they AREN'T all on the same team.

Are we supposed to fight back?

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Background: a couple months ago BM told us she was going to change the schedule to SD being here 1 weekend a month and that DH had no say in it. So we've been doing that for the last 2 months. Didn't fight her on it, like I'm sure she wanted 

Today she messages unnecessarily and says she's just wants to confirm with us if she's dropping her off for the weekend again? Um, you told us what the schedule was and that we have no choice and have been doing it, why do we need to confirm it now? Are we supposed to argue back that we want her more again?

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