u/HobbitQueen8

I hate MIL. I thought I was past hating her bc I’ve gone NC, but then SO said this to me this morning while we were talking about his upcoming birthday. And now I’m upset with him too.

He moved here in 2019. I’ve been doing everything I can -in person now- to make his birthday special. They’ve never treated his birthday as something to celebrate. Besides the title comment, another year they made an off-handed remark, which SO turned into “they’re going to treat me to a birthday dinner surprise!” and turned down MULTIPLE offers from friends ALL DAY. The day ended with his mother coming up at midnight and tossing a hastily-written birthday card at him. I was so fucking heartbroken for him. What absolute wastes of space.

And then he said that to me this morning. What the fuck am I supposed to do with that. I had something big in mind for his birthday this year too, since it’ll be the last year before we have two kids in the house, and everything will really be locked down for a while.

I guess the second his new job’s health insurance kicks in, I’m asking him to go back to therapy. But ever since he said that to me, it just makes me feel like nothing I did mattered.

And I can guarantee that for his birthday, there’s going to be ANOTHER giant MoonPig card with the same sentiment as the other bday cards - featuring messages like “You’re so lucky to have us as parents”.

Fuck you, Papercuts.