For more context, my SIL (46) who hasn’t got any children due to health conditions is trying to take over my first pregnancy. She’s insisting that she will be at all of my midwife, scan appointments and being at the birth instead of my husband as well as telling me when to start buying baby things and throwing my gender reveal Party. I have told her to back off and now she’s throwing a tantrum and saying nasty things. My husband and MIL have told her to back off because it’s stressing me off and to be honest I do not want any relationship with her, as she has a past history with my BIL’s wife by chasing her away from the family. I have tried to include her in the past but all she did was cause arguments between me and my husband.
How do I tell my overstepping SIL to back off?
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You’ve done the right thing by setting boundaries she’s massively overstepping. This is your pregnancy, not hers. If she’s not respecting your “no,” then it’s okay to cut her out of this experience completely. Let your husband keep backing you up, and don’t feel guilty for protecting your peace and your baby. Some people only learn through firm distance.