My MIL lives very close by as does my husbands sister and her partner and kids. MIL lived abroad until 3 years ago and returned to the UK after the collapse of her 3rd marriage. Now pay attention cos this is where it gets complicated. MIL was widowed very young when hubbies sister was a baby. She soon remarried and had my husband and then another son but the marriage did not last and there is still alot of bitching about the boys father.
My issue is that my sister-in-laws kids get trips to the cinema,theatre etc with grannie and she does not offer similar things for my boys. However,at the same time she asks as much of us as she does of her daughter. Picking up from here there and everywhere etc. Don’t get me wrong she will have our boys to stay and is a willing babysitter but they don’t get the little extras that their cousins get. And this is where I’m not sure if I’m being paranoid but she seems to delight in telling me all about the things she does with my kids cousins.Thankfully,I have a great relationship with my sister-in-law and she thinks that she was the offspring of her mothers only true love match and her kids are like the final connection for my MIL. It is sad and I do feel bad that she experienced such a loss but I just want my kids to be treated fairly. My family are several hundred miles away so it’s not like they get this type of grannie relationship elsewhere.
I am ballsy enough to speak with her about this but as I’ve said she is a willing babysitter so I wouldn’t want to appear ungrateful.
What d’ya think.
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