I thought I’d give an update since going NC with my MIL. You can read my post history if you feel up to it but the long and short is that I had pacified my MIL for the time my husband and I had been together but finally put my foot down and dropped the rope when my MIL kissed my baby (2 months old at the time) twice after being reminded more than once not to.
She didn’t take kindly to being corrected and since my post my husband shared that she forwarded my message to him and called me rude and disrespectful. That my message was too much and I wouldn’t speak to my boss that way. He did a good job of defending me and us in his response to her and has been low contact with her since.
She also told my SIL that I didn’t want anyone holding the baby which my husband told her is a flat out lie and we saw her in March where she actually got to hold the baby. She sent a photo holding baby to my MIL which although I didn’t want her having anymore photos of baby felt good since her lie died there.
This brings me to last month. My FIL video called to see the baby which was great. I have no issues with him but somehow I feel this all got back to MIL because she went over the edge and lost it on him. She told FIL that she had a prophesy from God that he would die soon if he didn’t change his ways! He sent her message in the family chat (I left the chat back in December after the kissing incident), told the kids they need to deal with their mother then he left the chat. So now only MIL, husband, SIL (33) and SIL (15) are left.
My husband unfortunately took the bait and msgd her asking what was going on and why she can’t just leave his father alone. She goes on about she is hearing the voice of God, that he doesn’t want to go to church with her and keeps going out. I can’t imagine what it’s like living under her government. I’d be out all day all night too to get away from her.
Anyway my husband agrees that she’s unhinged and she can’t be around the baby and he hasn’t reached out to her since but he has said he can’t just cut her off because she is his mother.
At this point I’m happy with how light touch he is with her as long as she stays far away from us. It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday so I’m not sure if there will be more drama but the good news is we live in different countries. :D