mother in law is not happy about my pregnancy
I’ll be 8 weeks on Easter and my husband just told his mom last night that I’m pregnant. She lives out of state so we couldn’t do it in person. Last October I was pregnant but ended in a MC in December. She seemed to be happy the last time but this time she ripped my husband a new asshole. She said ‘don’t ever expect me to babysit’ (we are moving to her state soon) and she doesn’t think we are financially ready to be bringing a child into the world. We have been working our asses off the last 6 months to pay off debt so that we could purchase a home when we move this summer. At our wedding 2 years ago, my MIL’s gift to us was $$ for a down payment on a house. She told my husband last night that she will no longer be doing that for us now that I’m pregnant.
My husband and I in the past have not been very good at saving. But we pay our bills and pay our rent. My MIL is a financial advisor so she’s always on our ass to save save save. And trust me, I would love to save the way she wants us to but some months it’s just impossible. Life happens. My husband is a mama’s boy and fully understands where she’s coming from. I do not. There are certain ways to go about things but from what he said, she basically just screamed at him the entire phone call. So being almost 8 weeks pregnant I’m an emotional mess. How do I handle this? I’m supposed to see her in a few weeks and I’m not sure if it is something I should bring up. What really got me is the ‘don’t ever expect me to babysit part’ she has a 1 year old grandson (only grandchild) who lives thousands of miles away from
Her (near me) and here she is saying she doesn’t ever want to babysit her future grandchild. When we will be right down the road from her!! Shouldn’t she be ecstatic? And who even says that? Trust me though, after this I will never ask her to do anything involving her grandchild. She will have to beg to see him/her.
Sorry for the rant. I needed to get this off my chest. I’d love any advice as to how I should handle this. This is supposed to be a happy time in mine and my husbands lives and she’s completely ruining it.
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