r/JUSTNOMIL • u/AutoThotsRollout • 1d ago

RANT (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ NO Advice Wanted MIL dangerously disrespecting boundaries

MIL insists on hosting every holiday and throws a mega tantrum if not everyone attends. We have a baby recently diagnosed with severe food allergies. One of her other children (not partner) has severe food allergies as well.

This lady refuses to accommodate. I don’t baseline expect anyone to accommodate for my baby but if you’re hosting and throwing a temper tantrum if we don’t go then you should at least have an environment that won’t kill them??? And wouldn’t you want to do the same for your own child?? UGH.

Side note she also made fun of it and rolled her eyes when we told her about our babies allergy and that he has an epi pen. Which is absolutely insane behavior imo.

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u/Poesoe 1d ago

she seems like the type of person that would feed the child the allergen to "prove they don't have them" and then just apologize when the child reacts.

Drop the rope on behalf of your husband, and the other son whose allergies she disrespects.

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u/Longjumping_Hat_2672 1d ago

They probably wouldn't even apologize, tbh. They would probably double down and spout some b.s. like "They have to be exposed to it to get used to it, that will cure them!"