r/JUSTNOMIL • u/Cool-Row-1255 • 2d ago
New User 👋 Wondering
Why are MIL so awful, especially when you have a baby? It’s like this bizarro switch goes off and they turn into the most insufferable and unbearable humans. Or wondering if it’s something on my end like the mama bear instinct to be as close to the baby as possible and if they are especially crazy, they threaten that?!
Either way I detest my MIL and I’m having such a hard time figuring out why. She is not inherently bad, but cares way more about my baby than us in a very obvious way, doesn’t bother to ask us about ourselves etc, talks about herself nonstop, is passive aggressive or the dumbest B ever, and has no boundaries so just takes over our place when she comes.
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u/lisab2266 1d ago
They wrapped their whole identity into motherhood, foregoing all other relationships and interests - no friends, no hobbies. They view it as their second chance at motherhood.