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Family Feud (and I don't mean the game show!)

MommyMar2010MommyMar2010
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Anyone else's in laws and parents NOT get along?  Mine are currently in a big "fight" --ever since my baby shower.  DH's parents are certifiably insane (even he admits this) and my parents (who are not perfect, but the sweetest people ever) try so hard to mend the fences, but we're at a point where neither side wants anything to do with the other ---and DH and I are in the middle.

THIS TOTALLY SUCKS.  Baby is due in Feb and I can just see the wars beginning once she is here...I don't want my little girl born into a family feud but I know I don't have much choice.  How can I best deal with this?

Anyone else in this type of predicament??

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Re: Family Feud (and I don't mean the game show!)

  • tmhutchtmhutch
    What are they fighting about? 
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  • teacherjulieteacherjulie member

    I do not have the inlaw issue but i have a mom and a stepmom (who raised me and I call mom) that hate each other.  They are both coming out for the birth the both live in the same town I grew up in 5 hours away.  I told them bith put on tour happy faces and fake it.  They are and will for mine and baby girls sanity.  As a general rule we do not do group things minus this and the wedding and eventually the baptism. 

    My vote is your husband needs to talk to his and say if you want to be there for the birth no drama or you have to leave.

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  • dolphyngyrl22dolphyngyrl22 member

    Oh I'm so sorry, I wish you luck.

    My IL's and my parents live in two different states. They have never really been at an event together so I don't know how this would go. My ML is coming a two weeks afer LO is born and my parents live around the corner. So they will most likely give my ML her time with LO, and not really be around much unless I request it.

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  • Lisa and MickeyLisa and Mickey
    My dad ans step mom can't be in the same room at the moment- they just divorced. I am telling him (it's his issue) he can choose to be there or not but she has been in my life as long as I can remember and isn't getting kicked out now.
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  • MommyMar2010MommyMar2010

    They are fighting (well, at this stage mostly my mom and MIL are fighting) over the shower...my mom hosted the shower for me and my MIL said she would pay for her guests, which was VERY nice of her!!  But when my MIL walked in saw an open bar she threw a fit and got mad at my mother...who told her previosly she did not have to pay for anything she didn't want to!!

    Now it's turned into a HUGE deal.  MIL was noticably rude at the shower, even to me, and i brought it to her attention to see what was going on....turned into an all out war. 

    Neither mom's will be present at the time of LO's birth, but of course they will be visiting and be there for her christening...etc.  Just worried about keeping the peace AND having a new baby....

    Oh--and did I mention the in laws live 3 HOUSES DOWN!?!?  God help me, I'm a real live Deborah from everybody loves raymond!!!!!!!!!!!

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