Am I dramatic/unreasonable to be mad that my MIL said they’re available on Sat or Sun to come and have us take them out to celebrate Mother’s Day (a flower park she’d love and make a favorite meal) when they said either day fine so we said sat and they’re like they made other plans w/o telling us

we made our own plans for Sunday. I’m not close with MIL but want to honor her because my kids adore her. my mom lives out of state. I’m going out with a friend in evening and spending time with my kids and husband in morning.

I feel like it’s rude that when my husband called them after they said either date was fine they said they’re out of town now until Sun and could only come Sun. but they never told us! so we were planning a nice day (including ordering her favorite pie) when they said either day worked and my husband called them today to confirm saturday since we determined our plans.

feel like I’m constantly let down by MIL’s judginess and lack of appreciation fornwho I am . Maybe im being dramatic? I’ve never spent this amount of time around someone who I feeel drained by and unseen by . me a question it seems obligation and then she’ll practically fall asleep when I answer or just look like she’s so bored and doesn’t care. I see her a couple times a month for stuff related to kids mainly so not a ton.

I just feel like I need to do something different because I keep getting let down and annoyed and I don’t know how to stop caring so much. I wasn’t therapy but my therapist just randomly left the other day without notice so I’m searching for a new one.

thanks for reading And for sharing your thoughts!

Posted May 6, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC

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