Need relationship advice please

Whenever I try to talk to some friends about my relationship they just tell me to shut up or that you are happy etc

Basically I don’t get on with my father in law, his partner or his partners daughter. Ever since my daughter was born 2 years ago anything I say they never listened to. I wanted no visitors they didn’t listen, no kissing the baby didn’t listen. Anything I said they didn’t listen. They had my baby call the partner mama without asking me if it was okay when I said something I got told off. I do just want to add I’m not close with them and they only really started making effort with me once I was pregnant because they wanted a baby. Anyway how they’ve treated me has really affected my mental health. Anytime I talk to my partner about it he just says he doesn’t want to say anything to them because he doesn’t want to upset them.

When I was at one of my lowest due to depression etc with how they were he still did nothing because he didn’t see the point in upsetting them. I’ve been on the fence about having another child (although I’ve always wanted 3) due to how they have treated me and I’m scared it will happen again and I won’t have the support. He is worried if he tells his dad partner off that his dad will cut contact with him which is crazy.

All im asking for him is to say you’re wrong, at the end of the day you aren’t the mother, what you’ve done has upset my partner please don’t do it again and he can’t even do that. His dad’s partner is a priority over me.

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A lot of men don’t like to rock the boat or confrontation have you really sat down and calmly explained exactly how your feeling and how much it’s affecting you? It might be worth speaking the the drs about how your feeling with your mental health. I would also consider getting some new friends as yours don’t sound great. All I can say is I don’t have any in-laws and my husbands siblings aren’t local. His sister makes the effort to visit as much as possible but his brothers family is 4 hrs away. All my family is 3 hrs away so although they might be super annoying and twatty if you can set some boundaries they might be better than nothing x

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I'd be having an in depth conversation with your partner about it makes you feel and that you feel like he is prioritising them over you.

If his dad would cut contact with him for that he clearly isn't the parent he should be.

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