No negativity please, I just need some support. ❤️ Does anyone feel completely judged and disrespected by their family over the choices of how to live during these covid times?? How do you deal?? Things with my in laws, specifically MIL, have always been rocky. Anytime my husband and I make a choice for our family that doesn’t align with what she/they want, we are treated poorly and ridiculed.

When covid hit, we chose to take things seriously. Again this isn’t a debate and I’m not looking for anyone’s personal opinion on covid related stuff. We’ve chosen to social distance, mask wear, and really only see my parents who are being just as cautious as we are. My daughter is online for school, we do grocery pickup, etc. I am pregnant now also so for as cautious as we have been, I don’t see that ending any time soon.

My in laws have stated they “aren’t going to live in fear”, do not mask, get together with people, and generally do things that in these times make us uncomfortable. We’ve never disrespected their choices but we have made it clear what we are doing and that we don’t feel safe seeing them in person. They say we are “keeping the kids from their grandparents”, calling us toxic, telling us we need counseling and help, and saying we are selfish. They never attempt to contact my husband to talk to the kids or him. The few times they have texted, they are sending my husband rude and disrespectful messages about our choices.

Is anyone else dealing with this?? It was never great with them but has gotten really terrible in the last 6-8 months. My husband and I are virtually meeting with a counselor and that is helping us with creating and maintaining boundaries and realizing THEY are the unhealthy ones but it’s still very difficult. My heart breaks for my husband and kids and I can’t believe family would treat someone this way. Really makes for a bad time. 😢