Originally posted by: gemini54
Today I want to share yet another personal story of mine..I always chose Tia's thread to do so!😆😉My MIL was opposed to me and my husband getting married. Her problem was that my husband made a decision of marriage himself and it was not arranged by her. This was a first in my husbands family as all of them had arranged marriages.After a lot of drama we got married but my MIL changed she used to like me before marriage but because of the way the marriage took place she was cordial to me but not loving in the beginning. Then everything changed we were having our first child she had come to help because my parents couldn't and I had severe complications during my birth that the Dr's even said they could not save me. My husband was devastated my MIL broke down and told my husband that this was happening because she did not have any reason to dislike me but she did..she prayed day and night and refused to leave my side in the hospital. After 3 weeks in the hospital my son and I were fine she hugged me and said she was sorry she treated me badly. She called my parents and apologized but said she was very happy that the baby and I were fine..That was the turning point in my relationship with her from then on she was not a MIL but a mother to me so much so that during her last days she suffered from dementia but only recognized my voice.The point I am trying to make is my MIL understood on her own, she admitted what she did was wrong and decided to mend the relationship on her own because she loved my husband and so loved me first maybe by proxy but then genuinely and thru this all My husband balanced between the two of us that neither one of us felt he was being unfair.There are so many ways that this story could have portrayed insecurities and how we overcome them in a positive way so as to give hope to the people who are watching but instead they chose to travel on a road where all relationships as I see it is in peril a point of no return so to speak and that is the Gripe I have on this show which once was so beautiful that it struck a personal chord with me.Thanks Tia for always opening a Thread and giving a place for people to share their thoughts freely so much so I end up sharing my personal stories😆Have fun at the Potluck are you making something ?