I recently joined a MOPS group with a friend of mine. I’ve gone to about three meeting so far and it has literally changed my life!! With my daughter being born in 2020 and not leaving the house more often then groceries, I’ve been really lonely. I never had any support group the first year of her life and it was a HUGE struggle.

I was telling my MIL about it recently and how it was at an old church of hers. She told me that a close friend of her’s used to be in charge of it and she thought it was great for me. Last night she was talking to me and my husband about it. She said that she asked her friend about when she did it. Her friend Patty told her that she did it up until one of the meetings she preached to the ladies about what OCT 31st and means and how evil it is. Patty had been heading up the MOPS group for year before this. Like over 20 years. Anyways my MIL was telling us how the ladies in the group asked Patty not to return after that. My MIL was like “she was speaking the truth and she was telling them exactly what they needed to hear. Good for her!” She said that if they asked Patty not to return than there’s more evil there than we know about. So now she’s trying to talk me into not going anymore. She doesn’t like that I take my child with me to it now after hearing from Patty. Personally I think Patty was in the wrong pushing things on other but that’s my own belief.

I’m no bummed out because this was the first time I felt like at home around people. My husband says that it’s her conviction and she needs to deal with it. Yet, I feel ashamed and that I’m disappointing my MIL. I don’t like feeling so conflicted. Should I stop going and just deal with the loneliness or deal with the judgement from my MIL?