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And finally, “My mother-in-law only has boys. Shortly after we got married, she posted an article from a mom blogger about how having boys can be hard because ‘you’ll never get to be the one to choose the wedding venue’, but that there’s nothing like the bond between a mom and her son. 🙄 She’s also made comments to me that she’s glad my BIL’s wife is Jewish because it means she gets my BIL for the holidays. At my BIL’s wedding, she made a comment about how it’s hard not to be ‘queen’ anymore. I remember when I was pregnant, she asked how I was feeling, and I told her how sick I’d been, and she said, ‘I wish I could say I’m sorry to hear that, but I’m not,’ referring to the belief that means the baby was growing healthily.”
“Our relationship spans over a decade, and while she’s generally been nice to me, these moments do stand out, and I’ve never been super comfortable with her. While I personally don’t like her, I don’t get in the way of my kids or husband having a relationship with her, but I don’t text her, connect with her on socials, hug her hello/goodbye, etc.”
—u/enym
