My Partner's Parents Tried to Bribe Me

Not my parents but my BF's.

My BF (M36) and I (F34) have been together a little over a year. His parents hate me over a gift. I will try to link my old posts but it's in my history but I gave a jokey gift in a basket of other gifts to MIL (not legally but easier to call her that) on Mothers Day. She and FIL have been just awful but the siblings and significant others have had my back as well as my BF.

Last night I stepped out to tend my garden and had to get some stuff out of my car. There was a letter on my car.

"OP,

We are deeply sorry if we offended you. Please understand that we, as parents, love our children and you have now taken all of them from us. This smear campaign is going overboard. Please do not be cruel."

And also a check for $15000.

I showed this to my BF and he took pictures and sent it in the sibling group chat. This morning was a blizzard of calls and texts. My BF got texts from his mom and he asked the obvious WTF. She said she figured that was a peace offering as she knew I grew up poor.

The rest of the talk went a bit like this:

BF: Mom...this is too far. I'm sorry but this is just over the line. OP and I are no contact. Do not contact us and do not come on our property and do not come near us. Stop. Just stop. MIL: I wanted to protect you but if you want to be stubborn so be it. Keep her. But don't lose us. We are your parents. We love you. She can leave you anytime she doesn't want you, parents never abandon their children. BF: If you loved me you would have accepted the person I love. I know damn well you don't like her. You made it VERY clear. MIL: She's no good but it's not my choice okay? I know its not my choice. You have to make your own mistakes.

And she send a wall of text of why I am not good for him. The very apparent reasons of me being queer and not religious were there but here are my favorite other ones...

I am thin, so clearly I am on drugs.

I garden and clearly I am growing...drugs.

I am of a particular race and in certain parts of town that race...sells drugs.

Our children will be sick because I will do drugs while pregnant.

Oh and I like anime, which makes me immature.

There were more but it's just bizarre. Fucking hell.