Drives me nuts
My mother in law always has to put her two since everything, especially when she knows what I like and don't like. She always goes against what I say with my daughter and tells in a way tells me she knows what's best. All because she raised 5 kids herself. She always wants my husband to do everything for her and come see her all the time. She gets mad because he does not always do what she wants and blames me for it. Saying he never disrespected her until he met me. I'm sorry that meeting me, I helped him grow a bone and not have his mom walk all over him. No matter what I do for her, she always cuts me down. I think she knows even more mad at me because I chose a home that 35 mins away from her. We used to live 5 mins away from her.
The part that annoys me is that my husband always wants me to have a bigger backbone to give into some of the things his mother wants a little more. So i can stay on her good side more. I said I did that quite often already it never helped me the past for the 10 years we have been together.
I just don't understand stand why I always have to have a bigger backbone. Why we always got to change our way to let her get her way. The way I look at it is that this is my house. I'm going to have it my way, or she can be mad.
I completely agree with you and I have had very similar situations happen in my relationship. Something that has helped me was maintaining my peace within and setting boundaries that my partner knew that if it were crossed, there would be problems. I stopped focusing on her and the child she raised because they are both wounded and codependent. He has to be the one to cut the cord and lead his family. But unfortunately, he was not raised to have that mindset. It is also not our job as wives to try to convince him that he is. He has to want it for himself. I choose to keep my distance from the mother. I no longer tolerate him or her putting me in the middle of their mess when they are each other's issue. I protect and rest in my peace, and give him the grace and space to navigate his wounds and choices. You have the power to dwell on what is going right over everything that has gone wrong. We just gotta pour into ourselves and change the narrative for ourselves. In peace and love. You got this momma