I had posted a situation with my MIL on the AITAH community & was redirected here. Thank you to this community for making me not feel absolutely crazy.
My DH and I cut contact with my MIL 1 month ago because of not respecting our boundaries over the years, and recently, acting like a weirdo with our son (6 months old now). A list of weirdness to catch you up:
-Calls the baby “her baby”
-Literally ran outside of my apartment to avoid handing the baby back to us (she claims it was a joke, we saw right through it as controlling. We were terrified)
-Disagrees with me breastfeeding because it “will ruin your boobs” and doesn’t allow for my son to go out of state to visit her alone
-Disagrees with our choices for the baby (vaccinating him, not allowing him to use a walker, not cosleeping with him, and many other safety issues)
-Would tell baby from the time he was 1 week old that she loved him more than us/my parents and that she’d let him “do things mommy won’t let you do” like allow him to eat raw cookie dough or ride on a friend’s motorcycle when he turns 5 (I know. What the fuck.)
She continues to try to contact us or have her husband contact us on her behalf. We continue blocking numbers and emails she creates to reach out. Yesterday was awful. She sent a horrible text attacking my husband’s newfound faith, claiming he must not be a Christian since he won’t forgive her (spoiler, forgiveness doesn’t mean having contact again lol), threw in his face the mistakes he made when he was a teenager addicted to meth and alcohol and that he should be grateful she “loved him” through it, and then said it’s not right to keep her from the baby and she doesn’t need a relationship with us to have one with him. DH has never had a good relationship with his mom, I’ve been the one encouraging him to try to work on their relationship over the years but she always falls short. He was really pissed & hurt by her text yesterday. I’m so tempted to respond to her but I know it won’t do any good.
Just needed to rant. She makes my blood boil.