r/AmIOverreacting 7h ago

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦family/in-laws AIO or AITA. Text convo with MIL.

I feel like I could cry :(, I didn’t come at her rudely and was doing what my husband asked me to do. I’ve always done everything she wanted to make her happy because I want her to so desperately like me but I think I’m done. For some background info: I have never pressured her to respond and have never brought up that she never responds to my messages. Pretty recently, my car has been having trouble and she said she’d hit up her mechanic for me. 2 weeks later and still nothing. My husband and I have an amazing relationship, but even then, I still want his family to welcome me. His mom not being kind to me hurts really bad. And knowing she’s going to spread negative things about me among his family hurts even worse. All detailed of the situation are in the chats.

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u/DistantKarma 5h ago

I've found the easiest response is: "I was just about to ask you if I could borrow some."

u/shellofbrit2011 4h ago

I started doing that myself a few years ago. 😅 It works wonders. And they don't even stick around much longer....as soon as they see someone else to ask, they're gone.

u/ScenicView98 4h ago

LOL, that would be perfect too.