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Parents self centered, wealthy, don’t want to visit or help with baby

Just had a new baby. We have a pretty good life. We are middle class but very financially stable. Husband is attorney I’m upper management in a Fortune 500.. Parents are close to being billionaire wealthy.. (crazily, they don’t help us with a single dime and haven’t since college) truth is they are SO obsessed with money and wealth they don’t even want to come over to our “middle class house” (which I think is actually amazing..) they make horrible comments about the neighborhood it’s in, would never sleep in our spare room “ew” (again all normal beautiful middle class type that most other parents would be proud of). They just want us to drive an HOUR to their ritzy house and lug all of the baby’s stuff, stay all day, drink wine, and drive an hour back.. we also work full time..they don’t.. my mom takes it so personal every time that we don’t want to come there to hang out all day at there huge house and the country club etc.. saying that we don’t love them , see you next decade, all of this horrible stufff..when we call them out it just seems to escalate the situation.. I told them we couldn’t take a trip to Paris because i have no PTO because of baby (3 months at the time) and they made it out to be like we don’t love them.. anyway.. it’s really toxic ..We truly are exhausted by end of week trying to take care of a baby and work full time.. the thing we need the most is for them to come and help here and spend time with the baby here.. not go there and lounge around at the country club all day and get drunk on wine at their mc mansion..gossip, y’all about trips around the world, remodeling (but yet I drive a at that’s falling apart) and I don’t know what to do.. I really need family help (even if it’s just time, not financially) and their commitment to not wanting to come spend time out our house, and help us watch her a little is hurting their relationship with their grandaughter and us... their reponse to that is well “that’s your decision not to come over and spend time with us” My husbands family (who is borderline poor) has started to step in and come over to help and watch the baby, help financially too and now my mom is BEYOND jealous ...calling them trash and all this stuff... making me out to be a bad person for liking them..can someone please relate? Are any of your parents self centered/messed up like this? Anything you did to make them see the error of their ways ? Or is it a hopeless cause.. experiences/advice would be much appreciated. Is it me? Please don’t tear us down we are already in a tough spot
DaughterOfTheDust · 22-25, F Best Comment
You should tell them very directly that you need their help with the baby and that it’s too much trouble to keep driving over to their house because of work. Suggest that it would be extremely helpful if they put aside their differences and came to spend a night with you once a week or so to help with the baby. If they can’t compromise then there’s nothing wrong with accepting the help from your husband’s family. If mom gets mad about that, remind her that you’ve asked for help multiple times but did not receive any. As for the family vacations/time together maybe you guys can organize something simple to do once every month.
Brassm0nk3y · 36-40, F
@DaughterOfTheDust thank you!
DaughterOfTheDust · 22-25, F
@Brassm0nk3y no problem 😇

StokedFox · 36-40, F
You need to let go of hope that your parents are going to help. Let go of them completely. No more expectations. I'm not being mean but it seems like, by the way you describe your life, you're a little preoccupied with money yourselves. I'm a single mom with no one except a sick dying mother. I may be depressed but I'm not complaining, I just do what needs to be done. Do what needs to be done.
Brassm0nk3y · 36-40, F
Thank you for sharing appreciate your perspective. That’s awesome that you just do what needs to be done and make it work without help.@StokedFox
jiamsc · M
That is sad. I am sorry to hear that. Most grandparents do anything to be near grandchildren.
NiftyWhite · 46-50, F
how long married?
Brassm0nk3y · 36-40, F
5 years@NiftyWhite
NiftyWhite · 46-50, F
@Brassm0nk3y i think if you can not establish boundaries that they are able to respect then you need to cut them off. you have a family to raise and your kids don’t need any insults about their opposite grandparents told to them or overheard by them. that being said you have to be willing to accept that kind of loss yourself but remember no one in your life has any kind of power that you don’t allow them to have.
Brassm0nk3y · 36-40, F
@NiftyWhite this is so true. Thanks for sharing this

 
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