What would you do in your in-laws made no effort with you or you child?

My in laws make no effort with us or our daughter. They do look after her once a week when I work but apart from that they make no effort to message us or want to see her more. I’ve only been at work about a month but before they started having her they would only see her if we made effort to ask them when is best to visit and see them. They make no effort at all they made the effort to see her when she was first born and then that was it.

They only want us at family events for our daughter and ignore me & my bf. His dad doesn’t make any effort with him either. His dad’s partner isn’t his mum either.

My family aren’t local if they were they would have my daughter once a week.

What would you do in this situation?

I’ll be having a word with my boyfriends dad when I see him this week but I don’t like confrontation but I just want to make him aware that he is ignoring his son & when he does make effort he tries for one week then stops.

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Honestly once a week seems like they are making an effort… that’s a huge help and I think you should thank them and express your gratitude. Perhaps they don’t feel as if you guys value their relationship, relationships work both ways.

Also, don’t forget, they are also grandparents… their baby stage has passed and they’ve now earned the right to pass the baby back to its rightful owner. That’s the main perk of being a grandparent, or atleast this is what my father says when we are doing our weekly visit lmao. And yes that is singular, my baby and I only see my parents once a week, and that is just fine by me.

yes we do appreciate the help and like I put we do make effort with them to go over. Before they had her they would never come to us or even message us. My bf does message his dad and call him but his dad just doesn’t really bother with him unless it’s about his child. We are not ungrateful for the help, just with our baby being his dads first grandchild & my bf is his only child too so we thought he would want to see her more he goes on about wanting to see her more but doesn’t make any effort. We can’t just be the ones who constantly contact them or go round to them like you said it works both ways

i kinda think seeing them once a week is making an effort personally. for grandparents to see their grandchild weekly, that’s actually a lot.

perhaps that’s all they can do at the moment? like said, grandparents are over their baby phase and looking after a child will be tiring for them, perhaps that’s all he can handle at the moment?

either way, i think you just need to think about expectations, perhaps your expectations of how often they should see you is higher than the grandparents. i don’t think anything more is needed than a lighthearted convo to see what works for both you and them.

I don't have inlaws💃

I’m not saying they need to have her more I’m just saying that I thought they would want to message about her or want to see all of us as a family. I just thought with her being his first and maybe only grandchild he would want to come see her a little more as they hardly made any effort within the first few months

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I've finally done it

I have finally done it. I have finally become the trope, the stereotype.

I have become bitter, resentful, and very overwhelmed and overloaded. I am very unhappy and hit burnout. And I snapped at my husband last night. I work full-time, and work has been very busy so im working late a lot. Im also in grad school. I also have a toddler that has become VERY clingy with me. My husband works shorter days but commutes, so he usually gets home after me by an hour or more. When he gets home, he usually heads to the restroom for at least 30 mins when he gets home. And now my toddler doesnt want anything to do with him. So im doing all the toddler duties until bed. I dont get 5 mins to myself. Not for almost 2 years. I finally hit my wall. I have also, somehow, become my MILs medical ride service and she somehow has an appt every week, it seems?! Shes not sick!! My husband was complaining that he needs to change routine to fit in a workout sometimes, and I lost it. I have been BEGGING for 5 mins to myself for months. I have been telling him how im not good, im going to burn out for months. And between his attitude and him complaining (which really got me b/c he blames me for not being able to work out?! Saying I need help when he gets home so he just cant workout now) I just lost it completely. I told him how unfair my life has become and I have the entire mental and emotional load and it is just not fair. He got mad at me and said "hes trying" when hes literally not trying at all. What do I do?? No one is taking the load from me! And im done and dont know what to do now.
I do not like this version of me.

AITA?

This isn't a major issue, just wondering if I'm being a bit of an asshole.

• I do shift work, 5 out of 7 days, full-time.
• My partner works from home (mostly, sometimes he goes into the office) M-F, full-time.

Anyway, whenever I have a day off during the week he gets in his feelings when I make myself food (breakfast and lunch) but not him. His reason is he's working, I'm not - Which is fair but I've asked him how many times on a weekend has he gotten up, on his day off and made me breakfast and a lunch to take with me to work? You guessed it, 0.

So basically, just because I'm at home I don't think the responsibility to feed him should automatically fall on me when he manages to feed himself just fine while I'm at work.

Big vent!

Hi mums.
I'm a first time mum in my 40s to twin boys.They are almost 5 months old and the biggest miracle in my life!
I am struggling!!!
I'm pretty sure I have ppa as my pregnancy was a very high risk and all I remember was crying from anxiety of all the ifs!Thankfully even born at 35 weeks and skinny,didn't need iu time.
My husband is not helping much because he's always too busy with work.He will "look" after them usually between 8pm-12am so I can have a chance to sleep.
He expects me to just sleep when I touch the pillow,even though I hear tje babies crying and him don't really bother because most of the times he'll be on his laptop working.
When I tell him I can't relax to fall asleep because I feel you r neglecting the babies,he says I'm the problem becauae I'm always there with them and don't give them alone time!!
I am angry!!I am furious!!
I can't keep.up.with housework becauae someone alwaya neess me and most of the times they nap I either cook and clean tje kitchen,do laundry or try and take a quick nap.
He doesn't help.around the house,becauae..guess what?always super busy.
I asked him nicely we could clean the house together every Saturday morning so it's easier and quicker for both of us and he said no,because he has a lot of work but probably wants to sleep until 12 or 2.
2 days ago a button of his coat ripped and I told him I'll sew it these days.
Earlier this morning while running late for his work,as always,he weara the coat and told him didn't get the chance to fix the button and sarcastically said..of.course u didn't!!!
I spent all night awake because one of the babies had congested nose and we've been trying to reduce one fees at night.
I wanted to punch him!!He left and I started crying...I cry so much,even at 5 months pp...
I can't go on like this anymoreeeee...
The crying in my ears is constant..my head is always numb..I've gained so much weight and can't find the strength to get back on track..
Even if I try to.find a therapist to just talk,is it gonna help?I really don't know😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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