The inlaws showed up at our house while we were all at the park. Didn't call first, nothing. Then she used it as a way to tell her friends we're keeping the baby from her and whatever. So we see a FB comment from their friends about how they can't believe "some people" can be so mean to their family and parents "blood related or not." Let's just roll out our Jump to Conclusions mat and assume she's talking about my adopted husband. So I, being the complete bitch that I am, agree with her and mention how we've had family fall off the face of the earth since the baby was born. So she messages me asking how things are going. OBVIOUS PROBES. But before I could respond and tell her our side of the story, her MIL (the one running her mouth at the baby shower and asking for leftovers at my wedding), messages my husband to tell us how awful we are, we're so mean, keeping that baby away, no manners, etc. YOU DO KNOW THAT THEY ADOPTED YOU RIGHT?! THEY CHOSE YOU! Yes, because a cute little baby boy would've sat in an adoption agency his whole life if it weren't for them.
So I made a beautiful little FB post publicly pointing out how they've failed as grandparents, and then I tagged my husband in it so everyone on his and my friends list could see it. This was at the same time he called his dad, who apparently had no idea she was saying all this shit.
I'm not one for drama, obviously considering we've let this go on for years out of respect for them and to keep them in our life. But god damn does it feel good to get it off my chest. We have a lot of family we really like on his side, and we've been worried that they hear these lies and think poorly of us. They're all very nice people, so they'd probably never say anything, but we use FB to keep up with them due to distance. If they hate us for publically shaming his parents, then so be it. I just want people to think twice before believing this bullshit.
