Someone is pushing the One Big Happy Family narrative...
and I suspect it’s my MIL.
Skid has been gone a good 10 days and I’ve noticed our young bios have been mentioning BM’s toddler with her current husband in conversation, as if they know him.
Someone’s pushing this “Skid’s half-brother is faaaaaaamily” narrative, post skid’s visit. And given ALL the drama and BS behavior from BM, past and present, why is this okay?
I mean, I know it’s okay to MIL, but why in the world should this be okay with me?
I guess I’m looking for ideas how to tackle this, because it has my nerves frazzled.
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Ugh, sorry to hear this. Your
Ugh, sorry to hear this. Your inlaws are such a pain in the butt. Hopefully this nonsense will soon fade from your bios' minds.
Have they even met this half
Have they even met this half-brother of their stepsibling? If not, it will probably pass quickly. It doesn't have to be okay with you - but will MIL stop doing it if asked?
Really, I don't see how she's connecting them as family, they aren't even family to HER.
Both MIL and FIL are 100%
Both MIL and FIL are 100% this way.
Remember, my FIL gets his feelings met by continually playing BFFs with BM’s mom and siblings on social media, because “family.”
Was MIL letting SD facetime
Was MIL letting SD facetime back to BM ( thus SD's 1/2 ) when you had no clue? Is the little boy near your two littles ages?
Skid’s half-sibling is 2. It
Skid’s half-sibling is 2. It’s a possibility that DD(6) and DS(4) could have been around skid FaceTiming, but the way our bios keep going on about skid’s half-sibling seems as if it’s being pushed as a constant narrative.
OMG gross!!!!!!! This makes
OMG gross!!!!!!! This makes my stomach turn because I swear to god that if BM had another kid my MIL would do the EXACT same thing. I honestly don't get these people.
I'm so mad for you. This is crazy-ness.
Thanks - you get it. It’s
Thanks - you get it. It’s crazytown.
MIL always gives me a look as though I’m demanding a million dollars from her, when I’m simply requesting, low-key demanding, that she allow DH and I to have a semi-normal BM-free life and marriage.
Do you think your kids are
Do you think your kids are hearing about this child via their half sibling?
They minimally hear about
They minimally hear about skid’s half-sibling when skid is here.
That said, a few things:
MIL is hardly ever allowed to be around our kids unless one of us is present. It has literally been months since she has been alone with them.
MIL was with our children, alone, for a few hours yesterday. My MIL is the poster child of toxic grandparents. She will legit make up for time lost with our kids and go through her entire bag of tricks, when left alone with them, as fast as she can. She’ll FaceTime skid, FaceTime drunk BIL (who’s most likely “babysitting” his 5-year-old). She’ll show pictures/videos of all the other grandkids to our kids. She’ll talk about, uh, odd family stories, per my 6-year-old. She will leave our house and drive them out to her house, where she shows them skid’s bedroom, pictures, etc.
It was last night that our kids went on and on about skid’s half-sibling as if they know him.
This whole idea is so weird
This whole idea is so weird to me. We deal with it the opposite way. DH and I had DD1 last year and I am having our second DD next week. BM and her mother have started to tell SD that my DDs are related to BM and her family. They have even suggested that DD1 visit with them. DH and I both laughed over that. And he made it clear to BM that she is in no way related to our kids and she would never know our DDs.
I just don't get the whole idea. My exH has a new baby. And I have never thought that I was related to said child or thought I was entitled to a relationship with the kid. It is just weird.
Your out-laws need to go sit
Your out-laws need to go sit on something pointy and sharp. Obviously, they favor the skids because...children of divorce. Oh, the horrific TRAUMA!!!
I would gladly start a GoFundMe so they can move right up in BM's arse.
Lol sounds like MIL is taking
Lol sounds like MIL is taking this seven degrees of separation way to seriously!
OP, I so wish you and your DH
OP, I so wish you and your DH could move away from there. He's a bit enmeshed with his parents, isn't he, and their poo is never going to stop. A fresh start away from the FOG would be wonderful for you.
Thank you. I wish that for us
Thank you. I wish that for us too. My therapist tells me exactly this, more sessions than not. That DH was raised by emotionally insecure, infantilizing parents who now have enmeshed relationship with their grown children. That he’s in the FOG and that our only hope is to move far, far away from them.
Not going to lie. Life was mostly blissful in our bubble, which was also in the same city as BM, but were also 2000+ miles away from DH’s parents, when we lived on the west coast. We saw them once a year.
OP, I so wish you and your DH
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