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My weird MIL never fails to annoy me!!!
Every time my MIL refers to the baby, she calls it "MY baby" or "OUR baby" when she is including my FIL. She'll say, "How's MY baby?", "Have you been feeling MY baby?", or "We're sending a Christmas gift for OUR baby." Ummmm seriously??? 
It's my baby, lady---not yours!! This is probably a really dumb thing to get annoyed over, but it annoys the crap out of me!!! She's a weird eccentric woman anyways and this just really gets under my skin. Does anyone else think it's weird? Would it be bad of me to correct her next time and say, "Umm don't you mean your GRANDbaby?"
Ugh and if she's annoying me this much already when she lives like 12 hours away, imagine how it's going to be when my baby arrives and she flies up here constantly...
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Re: My weird MIL never fails to annoy me!!!
That is definitely weird and annoying.
My fiance has a "friend" who has always had a thing for him, she has always been extremely jealous of me because I'm with him, and even told other mutual friends that he was stupid for wanting to marry me. Yet, when I got pregnant, she suddenly tried to get really close to me, and always says things like "How's MY baby nephew doing"... I'm like, uhm, what?? You aren't related to my fiance, what makes you think you're even going to meet him. She never hangs out out with us, but tries to talk to me on Facebook and stuff... It's really annoying and weird.
So I feel your frustration.
That would annoy me, too.
I am already protective of my belly, so I will probably be one of those moms who doesn't even want you to touch my baby. I had a dream that I got mad at people for trying to pinch his cheeks.
Try just saying things back to her, like, oh you mean your Grandbaby? It's subtle, maybe she will get it?
It doesn't bother me and my sister does the same thing. But it may be because she just annoys you anyway, and it doesn't bother me because I'm really close to my sister. Although, since it does annoy you so much you may want to tell her. The way you suggested seems non confrontational.
MIL's either you love them or wish they would move to China. I hated it when my MIL would call me her daughter. No lady, I'm your daughter in law. I have my own parents. But, we all have different peeves.
Maybe I'm slightly crazy, but this sh*t would never fly with me. I would delete her on facebook and from our lives. What the hell kind of "friend" is that?
I just can't spend the time getting mad about that particular quirk. There are a whole mess of people in my world who call the baby "our baby" - inlaws, my family, coworkers, friends. I chalk it up to people caring about you and your family and feeling that they are close to you.
But I totally get that coming from your already irritating MIL, it's extra specially annoying!
Ugh. My friend does this. I hate it.
There's a girl I posted about last night, and she will ask how her nephew is doing. Um.... pretty sure you'll never be around the baby alone, and you certainly are not related, thank goodness.
oh my god! My MIL does that too! She's said "our baby" before which really threw me off but she usually says "MY grandchild" which also annoys me. She has never once referred to the baby as "your child", "the baby", "little one" or anything other than "MY grandchild". She constantly says it! If I say "I'm hungry", she'll say "Oh, thats my grandchild wanting to be fed" - Uh lady, its not just about you. This is our baby too!!?
*sigh* I wish my MIL lived 12 hours away but unfortunately she only lives like 20 minutes away.?
A friend of mine does that and ity annoys me too.
I dont mind, though, when my mom od MIL refer to the baby as their grandchild, since he actually is.
My MIL has done that too- "My baby".
umm, so not your baby... in fact i did it with one of your babies and now i am having his baby. take that crazy woman!
Is that the girl who had the "nervous breakdown"? What ever happened with that? Did you end up going over to her place?
MY MIL does the exact same thing - this baby is HER grandbaby...apparently it is not my baby. I hate it and it drives me crazy...I am getting all mad just sitting here thinking about her!!! UGH!