MIL threatened my parents before the wedding, now she’s demanding a grandson. How do I handle a manipulative narcissist?
I (22F) recently got married to my husband (33M) after dating for 4 years. We are completely fine and happy together, but his mother is an absolute nightmare. She is a manipulative, narcissistic bitch, and I am at my absolute wit's end.
To give you an idea of what she’s like: before we got married, she literally threatened my parents, telling them that if they didn't get me married to her son right then, she would just find someone else for him to marry. We had already been together for four years at that point! It was pure manipulation and an awful way to start this chapter of our lives.
Now that the wedding has passed and we are officially married, she has immediately moved on to her next demand: she is aggressively forcing the issue of having a grandson.
I am only 22. I am not ready, and I refuse to be bullied into major life decisions by this woman. My husband and I are solid, but dealing with her toxicity is exhausting. How do I set hard boundaries with a narcissistic MIL who thinks she can dictate our lives?