Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Tales From an Empty Womb

A short rant today.

I don't know how to handle my mother in-law. She has no grandchildren and speaks of this frequently.

She's not pushy or mean. Just utterly passive about how I am slowly destroying her well-being by my not producing babies. Lots and lots of babies.

My husband and I want to have children within the next two years, but if I leak this "time line" to his mother, I fear she will drive me considerably more crazy than she does right now.

She recently adopted a puppy to "fill the void" and is indirectly blaming me for her altered retirement plans: somehow she can no longer travel as she has a dog to take care for.

Help!