Hi Tridha,

You have a 6 month old baby and a full-time job and your MIL expects you to call her every day? That’s unacceptable. My husband’s mother is deceased now. She lived in a different state and she and I had a good relationship but I very rarely called her because my husband called her regularly (about once a week). Sometimes I would get on the phone and say hello but not every time. If your MIL is expecting daily phone calls then your husband (her son) should be the one making them. If he doesn’t want to do it,then no daily calls.

You are not obligated to call her, even only once a week, when she speaks to you the way she does. Don’t call her at all. Just stop.

If your husband can’t support you in this, it’s time to separate.

I wish you had a kinder, more loving and supportive MIL.

B