This has to be getting me good karma points in life, right?

I’m really just here to vent. I’m already in therapy for this playing a role in my postpartum depression and anxiety.

My husband, 14 month old son and I currently live with my husband’s grandmother. In her basement. With no windows. Which I’m fairly certain is not legal but that’s not the point here. We can’t afford to leave currently.

We don’t live with her to take care of her. She’s an able bodied resident of this household. But this woman is the laziest, most conniving adult child I have ever met in my life. She has the most off the wall excuses for things. Can’t take responsibility for her actions. And cannot. read. a. room. to. save. her. life.

Buckle up for the example situations which have actually taken place.

• I’m not allowed to leave any counter top appliances plugged in. Want some toast? Gotta plug the toaster in first. Air fryer? Coffee pot? Nope. Plug em in to use em and yank that plug out of the wall when you’re done. The reason? The outlet might catch on fire TVs and fans and such are fine though?

• Need to use the counter to make dinner? Ahhh. That sucks. Thats where the food is stored because the cupboards are full of ???? stuff she “just cant throw away”. Try to clean it up and organize it? It goes right back to the way it was immediately. So fuck me then. BUT the woman who filed for bankruptcy can have cleaning ladies come in and do exactly what I did and it’s acceptable.

• Her version of washing the dishes is rinsing the dishes, piling them on the counter, stove top, other counter, wherever she can find some space with water puddling all around and leaving them.

• I’m the only one who washes the dishes but she has the fucking audacity to tell my husband to “make sure the dishes get done” while she’s on her umpteenth cruise of the year (remember the bankruptcy?). I lost my shit on my husband for that one.

• She’s continuously trying to be in the kitchen when you are. Making breakfast? Gotta move said dishes off the stove top and back into the sink! But NOW she wants to wash a pan for you to use even though you’re already using all the pans you need.
°BG (bankrupt grandmother): Are you sure
you don’t need it?
°Me: Leave the pan where it is. It’s going to
be more in the way out of the sink.
°BG: well it’s just nice to have the sink clear
in case there is a fire
°Me: looks at my husband and laughs
in pissed off……what
° Husband: to fill up a container..
YALL. does the sink not work if the dishes are in it?! Why is the first thought a fire?!

• Every week: trash day is tomorrow. No. Shit. It’s the same day every week.

• Sits creepily at the top of the stairs so she can stalk when I come up with my son and SCREECHES “HIIIIIIIIII” like she’s never seen him before and then tries to force him to give hugs and kisses. He pulls away EVERYTIME and she always says “why do you always do this to me?”

•I’m actively not giving her the time of day and she just keeps talking and then comes up right into my face and touches my shoulder with the back of her hand (and I fucking HATE that move. Get off me)

•every damn meal that I make (which is basically every night) is “delicious”. It’s never any other description. It’s so disingenuous.

Y’all I could go on for days. My therapist has told me she doesn’t know how I do it. My own grandmother, who loves everyone, has told me she doesn’t know how I do it. I don’t know how I do it! My husband and his siblings baby the hell out of this woman and it’s hella frustrating. She did essentially raise them; though I’m not sure how they all turned out “normal” since she’s got the attitude of a child and doesn’t know what to do if there’s construction or she falls for ANOTHER scam.

I’m stuck with this woman. I would marry my husband 100x over but I am so jealous of people who have great in laws lol

If you’ve read this far: god bless you and thank you for coming to my vent sesh.