Her Mother-In-Law Keeps Stopping By Her House To See Her Baby Without Giving Her Any Notice, And It’s Driving Her Nuts
This 22-year-old woman and her husband, who is 26, have a 1-year-old daughter. And after she first delivered her baby, she was sure to set very firm boundaries with both sides of their family.
“I wanted anyone who was going to stop by to give at least a 30-minute heads up before stopping at our house,” she explained.
This was primarily because she wanted to feed her baby, and she didn’t want anyone there during that time.
“Everyone did so good those first few months at letting us know beforehand,” she recalled.
Nowadays, though, her daughter is older and is no longer being fed solely milk. Still, she prefers that family members let her know before they come over. After all, if the baby is napping, she doesn’t think it’s appropriate or worth it for anyone to stop by.
Well, her mother-in-law has not sent her a heads-up text for the past six months. Instead, her mother-in-law will wait until five minutes before heading over to shoot her a text and then become seriously upset if her daughter is asleep.
“Sometimes, my mother-in-law will even sit in our driveway or bang on the back door, which in turn makes our dogs bark and wakes up the baby,” she explained.
“Then, she gets mad when I don’t let her inside.”
Her mother-in-law has never gone over just to visit her, either, which is why she knows the visits are always just to see the baby. And she refuses to wake up her daughter just so her mother-in-law can get some hangout time.
Olesia Bilkei – stock.adobe.com- illustrative purposes only, not the actual child
Her husband agrees with her, too, and doesn’t think it’s hard to shoot her a text message about an hour before stopping by. However, her husband will not stand up to his mother and take her side whenever her mother-in-law gets mad at her.
On top of that, her sister-in-law thinks that she is a jerk for expecting her mother-in-law to give her a heads-up and claims that her mother-in-law “deserves” to see the baby.
So now, she’s been left wondering whether wanting some notice before her mother-in-law comes over is really so wrong or not.
Isn’t it common courtesy to let someone know before you swing by their house? Is she really out of line for expecting the same from her mother-in-law? How can she handle this sticky situation?
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