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Update, Monster in Law is out of my life

Goodstepmom's picture

So I talked to dh, I told him how I felt about Thanksgiving, and how it went down.

He apologized, he told me he didn't thought about it from my side. He said he was just so overwhelmed by his own feeling for his mother and all he wanted to say to her. He said he understood he should have left but he also said he was only there for like 2 hours, it was 4 hours because of the traffic (sounds about right). He said he tried to really talk to his mother and he gave it a last try but it is clear that she doesn't want to see where she is wrong, so he officially gives up. He even went so far to change his cell phone number (wow I didn't expect that).

He apologized a lot, he felt really bad, he said he knows I am the only one standing by his side through all of this and he knows he has brought a lot of drama to our life, Which he is sorry for. He said he can't change his mother but he can choose not to have her in his life.

Bye Bye Monster in Law, and this time it will be for good. We are going to move due to the military and dh won't give his mother our new address.

The last time he didn't talk to her for a year, I really hope this time she is gone for good.

Thank you ladies, Its great to have this place to come to and vent.

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purpledaisies's picture

That is great news. Happy for you. I cut my parents out of my life for a while. With them it did work as they try very hard not be the people they were around me for fear I'll do it again. that was a great feeling knowing that if they slip I can say see ya! Mine had a lot to do with them pushing me into marriage with any and all my boy friends since I was preggo. Heaven forbid that I'm a single mom. never mind that I tried to make it work with the father and even married him but that ended bad. So every person I dated was subjected to them paying them to marry me. I took off with my kids and never talked to them for years.

Jsmom's picture

I also had to walk away from my mom and my sisters for awhile. It was what I needed to do. Now, they actually watch what they say to me. It put some nice boundaries in place that we didn't have. Criticism is still a problem, but it is a lot milder than it was. Good luck and you should be proud he backed you up now. But, she will come calling when she figures it out.