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Dear MIMers: Should I Call My Mother-in-law To Apologise After Harbouring My Rival

Dear MIMers: Should I Call My Mother-in-law To Apologise After Harbouring My Rival

My mother-in-law has been one of the best gifts God has given me. I love her to the moon and back because she’s caring and understanding and has always been there for me financially, even though I’m working.

I have been practically worshipping my hubby for the past 9 years of our marriage till date. I bore him 2 male children (7yrs & 8 months old) but unfortunately, fate didn’t smile on me. Two years ago, my husband claimed to have mistakenly impregnated another woman. He gathered his family to apologise on his behalf and also said I should’nt involve my family to which I agreed.

His family accepted the woman, harboured her in MIL’s house, and after giving birth to her baby girl, they sent her back to her family as hubby was unable to rent her and the baby an apartment.

Four years after, via Facebook and text messages, I found out that hubby was dating another girl. I drew the attention of my mother-in-law to it, who took the bold step to find out where this other woman resides and warned her that her son is married and even has a child outside marriage but the lady refused to heed her.

Months later, she called MIL to announce her pregnancy for my hubby and is not ready for any abortion. MIL was angry and vowed never to accept any other baby-mama which she partially fulfilled.

The lady’s family begged but MIL stuck to her goons and didn’t attend the naming ceremony.

To cut the whole story short, after 2 years, I coincidentally met this latest baby mama ( she was heavily pregnant again) and hubby in a nearby eatery when I took my kids for lunch on a Sunday afternoon. I almost went mad. In tears, I rushed out of the eatery to my MIL’s house to report what I saw. MIL was shocked.

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Surprisingly, MIL accepted her after much persuasion and from this woman and her clerics. Her family promised to get her an apartment and that she would not stay in MIL’s house to avoid bringing any inconveniences.

The problem now is that, since this last baby mama had her baby in February, she has been visiting and even sleeping over at MIL’s house and MIL never told me anything about it. She has now started hiding things from me (which was doing before). All this got me really upset with MIL (because I never expected such from her). She has also noticed my mood towards her and retaliated by ignoring me. She hasn’t called me in two weeks now.

Am I being too jealous. Should I call MIL to apologise?

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  • Shouldn’t you be worried about your so called husband? Haba madam this man has disgraced u enof n u re here talking about your MIL? What do u expect her to do? Besides dose kids re still her grand kids so u had better watch it b4 ur man pregnant anoda woman again….. u Berra move on Dan been subjected to natin n dis tym involve ur fam cause u re a wife nt a thrash

  • Are you too jealous? Is that a question? So you are comfortable with your husband sleeping with anything he sees in skirt and inpregating them? In all your write up I didn’t see where you said you had a talk with your husband or you cautioned him instead you are concerned about who stays at your MIL’s and who doesn’t. Well I won’t blame you from your first sentence I see that your husband is your god smh. Yes apologize to her and still apologize when she marries another wife for her son.

  • My MIL , baby mama 1, baby mama 2, women sha! And you are still worshipping your man? Nngawnu apologise. Apologise to ur MIL for harboring baby mama number 1, apologise for harboring baby mama 2, apologise for the future baby mamas to come and apologise to your husband for treating you bad.
    So you don’t have a family to run okwaya?
    You have worshipped that man of yours and now he has trampled on your ego to the extent that you are comfortable with all his cheating ways. Babe, go to your parents and family and stay there until they come and apologise to you. Ha! This isn’t marriage anymore o.

  • Your husband is busy sleeping around without protection and impregnating different women,you are not concerned about that neither are you concerned about your health.You are busy troubling yourself over irrelevant things.Did you expect the poor woman to chase her grandchildren away?Or you expected her to be insensitive to be telling you her other grandchildren visited?Please if you can’t do anything about your husband shagging different women,leave your MIL alone.

  • I think you should apologize for your behaviour to your MIL after all you said she’s a Nice woman but you should explain to her why you did that. And you must have a serious talk with your hubby too.

  • this poster isnt being real with herself.is your problem your mother inlaw or your hubby who jumps on anything on skirts.the person you should face now is hubby.and truth is hubby has a second wife already you just dont see it.stop worshiping him and fix things up with him.he eithers ends all yhis baby man drama or you walk out of his life and stop acting naive…

  • Am surprised you’re channeling your anger to your MIL and not the randy he-goat you call a husband. For you to have an eight months old baby, it means you’re still sleeping with him after impregnating two different ladies, the second one twice. Your so called husband doesn’t even know where to get a condom. Woman, you have a serious problem.

  • Your self esteem is so low that you do not think your husband’s attitude 2wards other women is disgusting. Honestly, u do not have a husband, you are only sleeping with a man who has no respect whatsoever for you or your marriage… and very soon he wld infect u wv STD…. IGNORANT WOMAN!! Wv wat u just recounted, u obviously depend solely on ur so called husband, a woman who has a working career and a life wld exert her energy on smthn worth the while not a worthless husband!!!

  • You leave the main matter (your randy hubby), you dey pursue shadows.. ok o..

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