MIL sending me to do grocery shopping

Poppy523

My MIL got in today to help us out around the house for the week. Her first task was to make me a grocery list and tell me to go shopping while she stays with DD. I don't want to leave my LO at all! How do I get out of this without offending my MIL? She is not helping me relax at all...I don't want to be away from LO and I don't need my alone time!

843andme

I have four kids and my MIL has tried something like this with every one of them.  She tries to control things and tell me what to do. It can be hard, but my advice is to tell her the truth nicely, yet in a manner that she gets the message she sho

theimpossibleastronaut

I have told MIL flat out not to do things. A sometimes cries in her sleep and MIL was patting her and it was waking her up. I told her that I'm not trying to be a ***, but she needs to listen to me when I tell her things regarding A.

Tell her

kelly321

My guess is she wanted to be nice and give you a chance to get out without LO. If you don't want to, though, then thank her for her offer and tell her it would be a bigger help if she would do the shopping for you while you stay home with LO or you all go

pitterpatter129

She just made a list of the things she thinks you need and ordered you to go buy them?  Or you asked her to make a list?  Because if it's really the first one, no need to find a polite way to tell her to do it herself!

ericalee27

kelly321:

My guess is she wanted to be nice and give you a chance to get out without LO. If you don't want to, though, then thank h

kelly321

ericalee27:

kelly32