My life would be so much easier if my mother-in-law would leave me the F alone during the work week. Sometimes I delete her emails and tell her I never got them...

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I'd set up a filter with an auto-responder. "The email you are trying to reach has been discontinued."

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I blocked her on gmail today. I can’t believe another woman, and mother would judge someone in their own family for making the choice to pursue a career. Ultimately I need to talk to her about this bc it’s just shitty and ignorant, but for the sake of my husband (who I adore), kiddos and my own sanity, for now BLOCK it is.

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I have a very successful friend whose mother resents her success and career and throws similar garbage at her constantly. It’s awful and you’re stronger for working through it. Good luck.

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She obviously is reaching out to you. Stop being a brat, put some big girl pants on and explain it to her. She probably doesn’t believe your excuses anyway.

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You have not met my mother in law. I’m talking multiple emails, texts, voicemails...and if I engage and participate in any means of communication and politely suggest that we talk in the evening or over the weekend, she finds a way to passive aggressively tell me that this is why “she didn’t work when her kids were young."

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Block her. On all platforms and devices.
People need to understand boundaries.

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Her passive aggressive responses are likely two-fold... Internalized misogyny that reinforces a patriarchal view of the role of women, and secondly, a jealousy she can't recognize as jealousy in herself.

Good luck.

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Tell your husband to talk to her. He needs to set boundaries and the hard convo shouldn’t just be on you. It’s his mother.

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Ouch! Sounds like you have a winner there!

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Reddit.com/r/JUSTNOMIL

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SAME! Stay strong!

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Why would your S/O even be ok with their parent antagonizing you? Your problem should be with them

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Correct.

Have you had a frank conversation with your husband about this? Can he rein her in?

He’s not okay with it. But she’s highly critical of him as well. It stems from insecurity. Honestly it runs super deep and I could unpack it for hours but all I really want is my inbox back 😊...

^ 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Wait - does she take the kids overnight?

No! Never! We have a full time nanny and I’m home with my kids at night!

If she’s not useful, you (through your man, ideally) might as well lean in to fix in that craziness. Best of luck! Xx

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