Annoyed with sister in-laws....
So I love my fiance's family. They've all been really good to me, and we've never really had any issues or differences, but lately I'm pretty annoyed with the both of them but I don't believe I have any right to say anything, which makes it more frustrating. My MIL took on the role and responsibility of hosting our baby shower. She was more than happy to do so since she never really got a chance to with my s/o's son. She's a paralegal and made pretty good money, but recently lost her job. She's been in the process of finding a new one, but I felt incredibly guilty having her still be the person financing and taking on oir baby shower so I asked my "mom" if she'd like to be co-host. My mom and I have never really had much of a relationship but she's been trying, or so she says, to develop one. I knew she'd have reasons as to why she couldn't help, but I figured it was worth a shot. But basically my mom came up with 100 different reasons as to why she couldn't help. Okay, whatever, I basically knew that's what was going to happen anyways. My MIL said it was okay, don't worry about it, she has enough funds saved up, she's okay, etc. I felt bad still, but she was adamant about continuing on with the baby shower. Well, today I found out my s/o has been wiring her money to support her and help fund the baby shower. That's no big deal, he's an amazing guy for it. I have no problem with him helping his momma out, and he said it was just a bit here and there. Well I guess he sent her over $300 2 weeks ago, and he was texting her today and she's asking for another $300. He makes decent pay, but not enough to keep sending her $300 every pay check when we have the both of us, 2 boys, and another baby on the way. He asked her if $200 was okay and she seemed really down about it, like that extra $100 makes a really big difference. Again, I'm not upset with her. I understand. She's currently out of a job and still trying to pull this baby shower together for us. I love her so much for being this dedicated to her grand baby despite what she's going through. Well, I asked him what about his older sisters? Are they helping her at all? No. Neither of them are. Like what???? His oldest sister makes basically double what he does, has no children, and yet hasn't lent a dime to help their mother out. His other sister who also has no children or spouse up and MOVED OUT of his mom's house while all this is going on, leaving her without the help of her paying a small portion of rent and utilities, and also hasn't lent a single penny to help their mom out. My s/o is essentially financing our baby shower, our living expenses, and his mom's living expenses, when we have a baby due in as little as 8 WEEKS! We don't have a single penny saved for anything we need for this baby. We don't have a crib, clothes, diapers, NOTHING. I'm rather irritated at this point. We have a family to care for and support, and are supposed to be getting ready for a baby and his sisters who have NO responsibilities to anyone other than themselves aren't helping at all, leaving this all on us. I know I have no right to say anything, and I know he's not going to either....I'm just so irritated they can't help their own mom out when they're way more better off to do so than us...
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