Today, my wife and I received confirmation that she has postpartum depression. When sharing this with the family, my mother exclaimed "I told you she was a psycho!" Now my wife is crying louder and more often than our newborn. Thanks, mom. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I told my mother-in-law that I was going through postpartum depression and was put on a antidepressant to help. Her response was, "Great, now we have a pill head in the family." FML
Today, my mother told me to 'quit having a pity party'. I was just diagnosed with depression. I've lost my boyfriend, my job, my academic standing, and I just got rejected from every graduate school I applied for. And my mother thinks I'm a cry baby. Great. FML
Today, my pregnant wife and I got separated while out shopping. She ended up having meltdown and crying so hard the manager had to call me over the PA. FML
Today, going to my psychiatrist's appointment for my PTSD and depression, my mother yelled about how useless I am and how I torture her existence with my "abnormalities." She told the doctor how much I've improved and become such a delight at home for her and our family. FML
Today, minutes before I walked down the aisle at my wedding, my drunk mother stumbled up to me and told me she was depressed and wanted to leave. FML
Today, my mom came home heavily drunk. As I was taking care of her, she told me all about how I was a mistake. That didn't hurt nearly as much as when she told me she wishes I'd died during her pregnancy. FML
Today, my wife caught me crying over her miscarriage and she started yelling and screaming at me to "man up" because she should be the sad one, not me. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries and confided in my mom, after being told I would have trouble having kids. Five minutes later, I hear the whole family laughing about it downstairs. FML
Today, my mom got pissed off at my doctor and called him a quack. She did this because he reassured her that I don't show any signs of the mental retardation that she's convinced herself I must have. FML
Today, my mom found out that I've been having counselling behind her back for the past 4 years. I broke down in tears explaining everything. Her response was, "So you go and bitch about me behind my back?!" And she wonders why I'm depressed. FML
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redbluegreen 41
Your mother clearly needs to get over herself and accept your marriage. Your wife may be a "psycho" to her, but she's the "immature brat" to everyone else. Love and support your wife, and reassure her that she's definitely not what your mother says. Also, when you have the time, take your mother aside and set up some boundaries. If she can't accept them, stop coming around. For the sake of visiting your newborn, she'll probably learn to keep her mouth shut. Your mother may be blood, but your wife is your family.
MisherzzSquisher 0
your mom is mean! ):
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Comments (134)
cupiecat 2
PPD can be treated and your wife will be fine. I had it and got treatment and I was just fine. Your mother on the other hand will always be like that. I think everyone else has basically described her to a T.
aztecwarrior1983 1
talk to your mom and your wife and make sure that they know your wife comes first. disrespect will not tolerated. it's works the other way too.
TrimKibbles 12
what an insensitive cow.
Buggi_fml 0
Stop sharing your wife's personal information with your mommy it's none of her business. You have no one to blame but yourself for having a big mouth
fightingkittens 39
So it's OP's fault that his mother is a megabitch? Really? Yeah, didn't think so. Same goes for 123. You can't blame someone for a family member's uncalled-for actions. And I come from a family full of chemical imbalances so I should know.
xNephilim 19
Maybe the wife was okay with it. I know I would want to share this with my MIL, because she's a great lady and I love her. Maybe they all underestimated OP's mom's bitchiness.
MOONKISSED503 0
WTF is wrong with you??? Why on earth are you sharing such personal information about your wife with your family?? YOU are the problem. FYL.
MOONKISSED503 0
Not his fault that his family sucks but he CHOOSES to share his wife's personal information with a sucky family or so-called "megabitch". So yeah, that's one thing that IS his fault. Grow a ******* brain people!
fightingkittens 39
How do you know the MIL didn't ask? Or that the wife WANTED the family to know the info? Had my mom been diagnosed with PPD, she would have told EVERYONE. This could be a similar case. Maybe you should grow the ******* brain and think about all the different sides of the story before bitching out? Also............why did you say FYL when the earlier part of the comment seemed to suggest YDI?
Buggi_fml 0
It is obvious that MIL never liked op's wife. So why the hell do you think she would want him telling thet **** she has ppd? Now she can't stop crying yea I'm SURE she wanted mil to know *insert eye roll*
fightingkittens 39
And how do you know MIL was the intended recipient? She could have been the stereotypical bitchy MIL and eavesdropped on a conversation between OP, his wife, and another family member. What I'm saying is you assholes can't blame OP for his bitch of a mother. Maybe he made a mistake by telling the family, but he probably wanted a support system to lean on. To be trapped in a house with a depressed person can be hell when you have no one to talk to. I assume you are the type of person who would think someone is a **** for getting married young, then divorcing when they realized that they had been stupid?
seracy13 0
dude to hell with your mom. you and you wife will het throughout it just fine. I got through mine with support and treatment