Carolyn Hax -- Mar 10, 2015 -- Mother-in-law’s ‘my baby’ reference irritates, but the question is why

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Mother-in-law’s ‘my baby’ reference irritates, but the question is why

Adapted from a recent online discussion:

Dear Carolyn:

I recently gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. I feel that my husband and I have the right to call him our baby. We made him, he’s ours.Before he was born, my mother-in-law would go on and on about “my baby,” meaning, her grandchild, and it irritated the crap out of me. I’m currently avoiding her phone calls because she hasn’t gone one day without calling him her baby. When she visited after the birth she said it two or three times a day and I had to fight the urge to punch her. Now I hear her FaceTiming my husband calling my son her baby every day.  Read full article »