So proud of my husband. (Long post/vent)
So my husband has like a toxic relationship (in my opinion) with his mom. Hes gotten a lot better with setting boundaries but she is like constantly asking him for something and then when he says no she guilt trips him. He doesnt do as much for her any more but he never says anything about it so its just a really common problem. His whole family does it and has since we've been together but she is the worst about it. Like 2 days after we moved in together she called him and asked him to bring her shredded cheese because she was making chili. We had just gotten home and were about to make dinner but had to leave again and go across town to go to the store and take her the shredded cheese. We've had to drop our plans several times to go pick up his siblings. 90% of our fights are about his family and how they take advantage of him. Someone. Usually her is asking for something every day. A few months back she sent a message to their family group asking to borrow $100 qnd when he said no that he didnt have it because he had stuff for our wedding to pay for she sent back a message guilt tripping them all about how no one helps them but they always help everyone else. Which they might help the rest of them but they don't do anything for us. Friday night I was at work and my husband got off early so he called her and asked for a ride. She said no because she had just gotten home and she didn't have gas in her husband's car. Which like fine he would have given her gas money. She still said no. But last week she expected him to drop everything to go pick her up from a party and take her and her daughter home and her other daughter and sons girlfriend across town and wasnt gonna give him gas money. He said no. Last night she called him while we were busy with his cousin and asked him to go to pizza hut and pick up their pizza and take it to them and she'd pay him back when he got there. Then she had the nerve to get an attitude with him when he said no. So today he went while I was at work to help her move. She just moved a few months ago and he had to do most of it himself because everyone else was busy or working or something. So I guess his brother got shitty with him about the fact that I didn't take off work to help. They literally just decided 2 days ago that they were moving today. Plus its not my responsibility to help them move. So he was over there for 8 hours while I was at work helping them move. He told them all from the get go that he was leaving at 7 to go get me from work and wasnt coming back because he had plans with me. His mom kind of guilt tripped him by saying that theyre his family and he needed to help but he pointed out that I am his family too and she puts her husband over her kids so why shouldn't he put his wife before his mom? That shut her up. So we enjoyed our evening. Well his brother attacked him in the group chat for not going back and just got really shitty. So he brought up that he did it all himself the last time and was there for 8 hours and its not his responsibility to stay there the whole day when he already had plans. So then his mom didn't address the whole argument but instead thanked everyone for helping her and mentioned everyone by name except for my husband. He was like "yeah youre welcome mom." And no one said anything else. So then the brother called him and tried to bring my name into it. This is the part that made me proud of him. He told his brother that his wife comes first and hes not just going to drop everything for his mom. Then he sent a message to the group chat saying that he loves them all but I come first and if they had a problem with it that they could message him but he doesnt care. 😍😍 he has NEVER stood up for me like that. He only ever makes excuses for them. So like I love him a little extra tonight.
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