If my mom was still here, my hub's family would have never bothered me.
They did it because they knew they could get away with it. My mom died when I was 27 so I really have no one. My hub's fam (my hub's mom mostly) has said many hurtful things to me over the years. Like how I raise my son, what I buy him , if or whether or not I believe in God (I don't but I've never told her that or anyone really because I don't care or feel a need to), and how much we, I, pay them (her) to watch my son. Maybe she didn't like me even before I cheated because she was mean to me many times and so was my hub's dad to the point that I started to avoid answering my phone at home (my landline). Now that we all have cell phones it's not a problem. But yeah.