In-laws ...

Emilia

Hey ladies

So my mother-in-law and I have had a great relationship but now that I’m pregnant with my first well .. things can get tensed. I’m used to her speaking her mind and all that I respect it if anything I’m just like ok give me some SUGGESTIONS or tell me what’s your OPINION on xyz topic, but instead it’s “you guys SHOULD...” or “you guys NEED to...” I mean she’s always told me that I would be a good mom but I feel like she has doubts. I know I’m going to make mistakes or That I don’t know a lot of things about parenting, but she doesn’t listen that mistakes are ok to make especially with your first one, and I get it she’s a bit nervous for us. We pay rent and yet she tells us what we need to be doing my fiancé and I both work, my fiancé got a 2nd job just to make sure we have a little “wiggle room” after paying all the bills so that I wouldn’t be stressed out about $. But in her eyes I shouldn’t even be working she thinks that everything should be on my fiancé , my mom raised me to be independent at a very early age and to work hard to get what I want . I’ve had to go to the ER due to stress that my in-law causes . I try not to let her comments get in my head but it’s hard when she’s always looking for an argument with both my fiancé and I . I’ve already told my fiancé that I think it’s better to stay my distance from her but she just keeps pushing and making my fiancé uncomfortable, he tries to talk to her but when he tries to talk she starts yelling and tell us that we are in her property so we have to do things (that are not in our little place...) BTW (my fiancé and I have invested ALOT of $$ into building our own little house ) so yea we are in her property but we pay our rent . She is always getting into our business, and of my fiancé and my father in-law is upset at my fiancé she butts in . I myself I try not to get in between my fiancé and his dads problems (which they rearly ever have) and honestly she just makes the situation worse because she exaggerates and doesn’t have right information. I’m getting to the point where I can’t handle staying quite , my fiancé has been pushed around by everyone in his life , he’s been mistreated and he can be TOO NICE and he allows it to go on and she (my in-law ) knows that and she just tries to tell him that he’s not good enough, and that he’s not doing enough and a lot other things . She told my fiancé that one day I might just leave him if he can’t provide for our soon to be here daughter !! That is one of the things that really pisses me off . My fiancé and I moved with my in-laws about a year ago to Georgia , all of our family are in California so it’s not like we can go to our families and either way we FINALLY have our own place that is OURS . What can I do ? Should I just continue to stay my distance from my in-law or try to confront her again? Should I step in when she’s attacking (verbally, mentally) my fiancé ? I’ve been feeling alone and starting to get depressed but I’m not sure if that’s just my hormones.

Please help