Logo
    • Education
      • Pre-School
      • Primary Schools Directory
      • Primary Schools Articles
      • P1 Registration
      • DSA
      • PSLE
      • Secondary
      • Tertiary
      • Special Needs
    • Lifestyle
      • Well-being
    • Activities
      • Events
    • Enrichment & Services
      • Find A Service Provider
      • Enrichment Articles
      • Enrichment Services
      • Tuition Centre/Private Tutor
      • Infant Care/ Childcare / Student Care Centre
      • Kindergarten/Preschool
      • Private Institutions and International Schools
      • Special Needs
      • Indoor & Outdoor Playgrounds
      • Paediatrics
      • Neonatal Care
    • Forum
    • ASKQ
    • Register
    • Login

    In-law problems?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Relationships
    5.3k Posts 331 Posters 1.4m Views 1 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • janet88J Offline
      janet88
      last edited by

      Whinypooh:
      fifiyeo:

      PILs are not rude. Sarcastic and says things that you can obviously read between lines but at the same time like so friendly and innocent. Backstabs and tells lies behind you. Presents you with gifts on big occassions...


      Poisonous snakes!

      They are so nice infront of others but yet you know they are not treating you nice from the bottom of their hearts. :torchme:

      The way she sides HER kids is unbearable. In front of her, I will not say anything. Don't want to waste my time listening to her crap. Double head snake...behind hubby's back, her HORNS appear. In front of him, she acts like an angel.

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • W Offline
        Whinypooh
        last edited by

        janet_lee88:
        Whinypooh:

        [quote=\"fifiyeo\"]PILs are not rude. Sarcastic and says things that you can obviously read between lines but at the same time like so friendly and innocent. Backstabs and tells lies behind you. Presents you with gifts on big occassions...


        Poisonous snakes!

        They are so nice infront of others but yet you know they are not treating you nice from the bottom of their hearts. :torchme:

        The way she sides HER kids is unbearable. In front of her, I will not say anything. Don't want to waste my time listening to her crap. Double head snake...behind hubby's back, her HORNS appear. In front of him, she acts like an angel.[/quote] :udawoman:

        I didnt really read all the prev posts so not sure what exactly happened.

        But if yr PILs really ever tried to hit u or harm u, and worse, curse your baby, then you have made a wise choice to draw a line with them.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • F Offline
          fifiyeo
          last edited by

          LOLMum:
          In-laws will always side with their child (your spouse), regardless of how good a relationship you have with them.


          My PILs don't even side with DH. They even sabo him to play politics at home!!

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • N Offline
            ningning
            last edited by

            fifiyeo:
            LOLMum:

            In-laws will always side with their child (your spouse), regardless of how good a relationship you have with them.



            My PILs don't even side with DH. They even sabo him to play politics at home!!

            Yes, mine too. PILs never once side my DH, worse they even side BIL rather my DH...thats why things fall so apart in that household.

            My PILs should attend parenting couselling course if theres any. They badly need it ........sigh...but it wont make any difference or mend any broken relationships already as irreversibe damage already been done.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • janet88J Offline
              janet88
              last edited by

              My son was born with cleft. They didn’t have anything nice to say. But what I do know is, it is not a punishment to my family…son doesn’ bear my surname. Thank goodness, his cleft has been repaired…my son doesn’t like his paternal grandmother for her fake concern. He squirms each time she approaches him. I didn’t say anything.

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • C Offline
                carrotz
                last edited by

                Hi Janet


                I feel that young children can sense if the concern shown is genuine or fake. On one occasion, one sil was trying to act friendly to my child. Imagine someone standing next to you, saying in a loud, fake, excited tone "give me a five!!" several times. I know she wanted to show we are on good terms to mil, who was watching. My young child was very uncomfortable with the attention and did not respond to her. He turned away to the other side and told me "I don’t like."

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • F Offline
                  fifiyeo
                  last edited by

                  Kids are not dumb. They are well aware of what’s happening. My PILs thinks that their grandchildren doesn’t know about our issues and can even say we should bring these all to the kids. Guess they want to appear like angels. Oh what silly thoughts! Best part, the kids had witnessed with their own eyes the violent quarrels and watched my PILs perform.

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • janet88J Offline
                    janet88
                    last edited by

                    carrotz:
                    Hi Janet


                    I feel that young children can sense if the concern shown is genuine or fake. On one occasion, one sil was trying to act friendly to my child. Imagine someone standing next to you, saying in a loud, fake, excited tone \"give me a five!!\" several times.
                    Oh yes, kids today are definitely more intelligent and can feel if the concern shown is genuine or NOT. My 8 year old tells me paternal grandparents love to act :faint: She used to accompany hubby out on weekends to buy breakfast...he also gets breakfast for his parents. Now daughter refuses to go along.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • C Offline
                      carrotz
                      last edited by

                      Yes, it’s all an act. I am not on talking terms with the sil due to what she did to jeopardise my r’ship with my hubs. Yet in front of mil and hubs, she’ll start acting. Mil pressurised my child to call the sil during that visit. So one was saying "hi fives!" while the other said in her usual loud, commanding tone, "Gu Gu! Gu Gu!" It looked ridiculous with the two of them acting like that.


                      We have never been close. It’s not that I don’t want to teach my child to address the elders but in this case, after all that has happened, forget it. I do, however, ask my child to address the pils. The last time we visited, mil did not acknowledge when my son called her nai nai(called her four times). Only did so at the fifth time and not very willingly. No, she is not hard of hearing.

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • janet88J Offline
                        janet88
                        last edited by

                        carrotz:
                        The last time we visited, mil did not acknowledge when my son called her nai nai(called her four times). Only did so at the fifth time and not very willingly. No, she is not hard of hearing.

                        Hey, same here.
                        She even asked my son several times...我是谁. My son replied her and she asked again...after few min, asked the same thing. What's this nonsense ? Told my son quietly...say, you are my daddy's mother.

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0

                        Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.

                        Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.

                        With your input, this post could be even better 💗

                        Register Login
                        • 1
                        • 2
                        • 425
                        • 426
                        • 427
                        • 428
                        • 429
                        • 528
                        • 529
                        • 427 / 529
                        • First post
                          Last post



                        Online Users

                        Statistics

                        3

                        Online

                        210.8k

                        Users

                        34.2k

                        Topics

                        1.8m

                        Posts
                        Popular Topics
                        New to the KiasuParents forum? Tips and Tricks!
                        Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools
                        DSA 2026
                        PSLE Discussions and Strategies
                        How much do you spend on the kids' tuition/enrichments?
                        SkillsFuture + anything related to upskilling/learning something new!

                          About Us Contact Us forum Terms of Service Privacy Policy