I appreciate any thoughts you might have about this. I don't think there's really a solution. I'm just....annoyed.
FMIL, well, she is a very opinionated, controlling type personality. She does what she wants regardless of what you tell her, makes many, many passive aggressive jabs, and she has no filter. She tends to kind of make things up sometimes, exaggerate I guess. For awhile I thought I might be overly sensitive but I've had several talks with FSIL (her other son's wife), and she deals with the same stuff from her.
FI and I have a son, still a toddler. He knows that my relationship with his mom is strained, and he is very good at talking to her when major things happen and need to be discussed.
That being said, there is one thing I am having a hard time with. I came across an online news article that FMIL was commenting on. Granted, I know a lot of people tend to get heated and inappropriate on those things, but FMIL was throwing out racial comments left and right. The nastiness of her responses...I was shocked. Thing is, it was against the race that I am. Now, she's made comments in the past about our son's coloring and how she's clearly disappointed he did not turn out a different way, and has made the same comments about FSIL's child in the past. There have been other generalized statements made by her also, not only to me but to my parents. I always brushed it off.
I know I can't say anything to her. And what the hell can I even say to FI about it? I really don't think there's much of a solution here, I guess putting it out there just makes me feel better.
Thanks if you made it through.