Plus: Yet another conflict that does not qualify as gaslighting.
We have a lot to deal with, but we are doing our best to handle this situation that neither of us really feels ready for. We both have great families and they are supportive.
Establishing respectful boundaries can be a tough job. But this is the beginning of your life as parents, and you have the right and responsibility to develop good boundaries and good judgment about what you believe is best for you and your child.I admired my sister-in-law for taking the high road and for being respectful toward my mother, and I told her so many times.
: I think this only qualifies as gaslighting if you actually believe that you’re the “bad guy.” You don’t believe this, because you aren’t. Instead of saying that your sister-in-law’s remarks about your mother were “offensive,” you might have said how this made you feel: i.e., “Now that mom is gone, I feel so sad continuing to hear about how awful she was to you.”
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