Feeling left out

Does anyone else's mil get excited and favor their new daughter in law over you? My sil is pregnant with the first girl on my hubby's side of the family. And I'm pregnant with our 2nd boy and feeling completely pushed to the side and left out of everything they do. I get no invites or anything. But my sil gets everything and more. It's like heyy I'm still here! I was just starting to get used to having a mother figure I needed growing up. But now I'm like well I guess I'm just not good enough for my mil as well as my own mother. That's my vent for the day.

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Have you talked to your husband about it?

That's awful 😔 I'm really sorry you're in that position. I'm very fortunate that I have great parents but I was really hoping to have proper "second parents" in my in-laws. My FIL is pretty cool but my MIL can be dreadful. Apparently, she speaks well of me to other people yet she's been awful to me at times. I hasten to add, as far as things that matter to the 2.4 brigade (of which she is part) I tick the boxes - she has no reason to be the way she is towards me. One example - she told me, years ago, that if my husband and I ever had children, they wouldn't be treated the same as her granddaughter because her granddaughter is special. Said granddaughter is now 12, our little man is 2 and MIL has been absolutely true to her word 🙄 Just remember that it's not you, it's them. Also, you have the power to break the chain and ensure your own child has a much better experience than you did 😊 xx

Was she more excited for your first baby?

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