MIL rant

Today we were at my MIL’s borrowing their computer for something quick and she offered to hold the little one who’s 3.5 months, sure why not. She says “we’ll just go watch TV” and I replied “no because he does not need to watch TV so no”. She says “we’re at grandmas and we can do whatever we want when you’re here can’t we” and walked away. I was FUMING! I didn’t comment any further because I would have ripped her a new one in the moment.

I told my BF the next time his mother makes a comment like that if he doesn’t shut it down, I will and it likely won’t be nice.

I’m not really looking for advice or to be told I’m wrong, I just need to get it out for people who understand my frustration. I cannot believe the way my MIL disrespected my parenting. I will be making it clear that if she cannot respect my decisions she will no longer see her grandson.

Edit:

For the people so fixated on the tv issue, try seeing past that and realize the issue is that she undermined our parenting choice and did what she wanted when we said no. I didn’t say it in a rude way at all and regardless of how I said it, she’d still say the same comment because she has the outdated mindset of “we do what we want when we’re at grandmas. Mommy and daddy’s rules don’t matter here”, which is just disrespectful to myself AND her son. This isn’t the first time she’s ignored something we’ve said, so if it continues there will need to be a conversation because it’s unacceptable. If she wants to spend time with her grandson, she needs to simply respect our choices.