Today, my obnoxious mother-in-law berated me in front of my husband's family for still working while pregnant. She says I'm harming the baby by not quitting. I'm only four months pregnant and I work as a nurse at a hospital. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, at work, someone heard me throw up. I then got called aside and told being hungover at work is unacceptable. I don't drink. I'm pregnant. FML
Today, I'm 8 months pregnant and still waitressing at a local restaurant. There were only 3 of us serving today and things were hectic. One guy bitched me out, saying "Maybe if you lost some weight you'd walk a little faster!" because I wasn't fast enough with his soup. FML
Today, I was at my in-laws' house, and as I was walking to the living room I had my hands on the back of my hips supporting my back. My mother-in-law told me to stop because it makes me look pregnant. I'm 9 months pregnant. FML
Today, I found out that, despite working 4 part-time jobs, that I will not qualify for maternity leave by my due date with the mandatory 600 hours. I can't get full-time work and I'm 8 months pregnant now. This'll be fun! FML
Today, at work my boss told me I have been late, under-productive, and using up a lot of sick days. He says my job is on the line. My reason for barely showing up at work: I've been on maternity leave for 6 weeks. FML
Today, I found out I'm pregnant, after quitting my job because they asked us to work for free due to COVID. So because I quit, I'm no longer eligible for maternity leave. I didn’t know that I was 4 months pregnant. I could've just gotten a doctor's note for medical reasons. FML
Today, my mother-in-law screamed at the top of her lungs in front of our friends and family that I was stealing her baby away from her. I'd only suggested we go home because he had a migraine. Her baby is 24 years-old and has been married to me for a year. FML
Today, I'm pregnant and feeling awful due to all-day-long morning sickness. My doctor suggested that I cancel all my social plans to be able to keep working. My doctor is also my husband, and the father of this child. FML
Today, as usual, I'm stuck working in a brutally hostile work environment under my mother-in-law, who's never forgiven me for marrying her daughter. I only got the job because of family politics. Four months on, I still can't even land so much as a single interview elsewhere. FML
Today, my wife was in seemingly never-ending labor. It got so bad, I overheard a nurse in the doorway mutter to a coworker that she hoped my baby would just die or something, so she could finally go take a smoke break. FML
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JocelynKaulitz 28
Good luck when the baby is born
iAmScrubs 19
If you're working when you go into labour, it will be like nurse's inception.
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Comments (130)
MarineWifey88 3
My worked as a nurse in a nursing home right up until she went into labor and I turned out fine. Welcome to the "I hate my MIL" club.
ironik970 13
You should have said something like, "at least I don't have to stop drinking." People like that just deserve to be made fun of and teased for not minding their own business.
jabfinch 9
This
loserman67 36
Number one, your husband needs to stand up for you and tell his loud mouth momma to shut the **** up. Number two your family needs to tell this nosey bitch to mind her own business and then to drive the point home, she needs a few back-hands across her fat mouth. Good luck when the baby is born, your mother-in-law is going to be in your house and in your face non-stop.
DjeePee 25
To 20: But some mothers (and some people in general have such a horrible character/bad social skills/not much empathy and are too subborn to actually listen to someone else his/her advise/complaints....that there is nothing to do about it. I mean, what if you're black, has a partner who absolutely loves you and a die-hard racistic mother-in-law? You can't blame your husband for her stupidity, can you? My point is, we don't know the situation. Maybe OP's husband does stand up for OP every time (which will lead to a biiiiiig figth I suppose), but his mom just doesn't listen. If he doesn't stand up for OP because he doesn't dare then, Houston, we have a problem.
Texasgirl192238 0
HA i guess no one can post their opinion on FML without -Djeepee- having to add hers. :P
azpallen 0
MOOJIE MOOJIE
manda_rawrz 4
5months later - baby born. mom-in-law : you should've quit your damn job like i told you to. husband : *stands there in silence* cut the bitch and she needs some kind of chill pill. wonder what else has been said about you to the family? hm... o.o
rttr 18
WTF is this comment? This makes NO sense what so ever.
HolyHandGrenade 4
Hospitals- Now apparently unsafe for unborn children.
leadman1989 16
Hospitals are NOTORIOUS for spreading infections, it's where all the sick people go. Don't take my word for it or thumb me down because you don't like what I'm saying look it up.
twisted54 1
I thumbed you down not for your opinion, but strictly because you told me not to. I'm kind of a rebel like that...:)
sunlovinmama 1
46- nurses in hospitals know what can and cannot affect their unborn child and they take assignments to patients based on that. It's common practice that if Joe Blow, the patient in room 304 has the flu then nurse prego will not be assigned to him and never enter his room. Plus he will already be in isolation precautions and all staff entering his room will wear protective gear... Hence she would be highly unlikely to contract the flu even if she did work that room. "look it up"
HungerGames95 13
when u said "don't thumb me down" I decided to do that.... wonder if that's why you have like 10 thumbs down.
ohmandapants 17
You have to take all kinds of vaccines before being able to work in a hospital. She should be fine. Although hopefully OP, you've stopped doing heavy lifting. I've heard nursing is incredibly stressful on one's back.
Boredumm 6
Well you can start off by first telling your mother in law, that its your baby and you will do what is the best for the baby and for yourself, and if she still bitches more tell her if she thinks she knows whats best for the child and ect. Maybe she should marry your husband and carry his baby.
LizzieBvBfan 5
**** her, she sounds like a bitch. And congrats on the baby!
KnucklesDeep 5
I'm hoping you tore that bitch a new one at some point, but I won't hold my breath.