Am I overreacting?
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| Thu, 01-11-2007 - 6:12pm |
I'm new here and I've been wanting to get some opinions on my MIL. Here's the situation:
My DH and I have been together for 3 years married for 1. My MIL and I have always gotten along just fine, we weren't great friends but there was no tension or problems.
However, last fall she met a new guy and was engaged to him within a month. She lives very close (1 mile) and she pops in one day to give us the news and to inform us that she's already set the date..My birthday. At first I thought maybe she had scheduled it on that day accidentally, not realizing it was my birthday. I was wrong. We very nicely asked her if she could do it any other day. She said no, actually she said "I can't change it, it just feels right..can't you celebrate your birthday on another weekend?"
Well from there it snowballed, my dh told her that if she didn't change the date that there was no way we could be there. Now she refuses to speak to us, won't acknowledge me, she even called my DH's brother to tell him that she heard we were getting divorced.
So, my question is..was I right to be so upset about it?

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Ten years ago, my DH and I planned our wedding on the birthday of SIL and FIL. For ten years, SIL has been upset that she had to share her birthday with our wedding. DH and I didn't "plan" it to be on her birthday, it just worked out that way with work, college, and out of town family members schedules.
But now I get to spend every anniversay listening to her whine about us ruining her day. Fun for us! Oh well. The actual date of either event, anniversay or birthday, doesn't matter to me. What matters is that DH and I are still having happy anniversaries!
I wish you luck and hope that you won't take it too personally.
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