Your parents are someone else’s in-laws
m29 married for around a year and change
I had a pretty chill up bringing in the west. My parents are great and didn’t give me many issues when getting married.
It seems like post marriage my Mom has become 10x more unstable. I always have to walk on eggshells now. She’s constantly victimizing herself acting like she’s alone. No matter how much time I spend with her, she complains to my sisters that my wife and I don’t spend enough time with her.
Everything is a competition. If my sisters or wife makes something, my mom makes it the next day. If my sisters or wife buy something for their house or my house, my mom bothers my dad for it the next day.
I never believed my Mom would turn into a kind of stereo typical in law but here we are. Struggling to navigate as I have my own issues with my wife that are now compounded by this. It’s truly a test.
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