I am generally uncomfortable when I’m around my mother-in-law’s husband.

While he is overall a decent guy, his anger issues, yelling at his wife for the slightest issue, and insulting nature makes me uncomfortable and triggers my own anger due to his blatant disrespect for just about everyone around him.

My mother-in-law says he’s worked on things, but it’s been 10 years of this and I’m not sure I want such behavior around my wife and our kids since we’re trying to conceive soon (cont).

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His behaviors, words, and actions has routinely brought everyone to tears. While he is great at the “grand gestures” of love (ie trips to Disney, cruises, etc.), it’s his day to day actions that make me want to raise our kids far away from him.

In fact, one of the reasons why we moved around from the in-laws was due to how toxic his behavior is and just how uncomfortable it can be at his house. He can be controlling, condescending, and cruel, so I wanted no part of that for my kids, nor could I continue to see him make my mother-in-law so terribly upset when she doesn’t deserve it.

Am I being unreasonable if it’s clear that he will behave in such a way for the foreseeable future?

She’s in an abusive relationship. It’s understandable you feel uncomfortable. You also wouldn’t want to bring children around this - they normalise whatever they’re exposed to regularly. Reduce your time around them.

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