MIL rant

[HollyS]

"If you are implying your SO was suicidal, I can understand why you called his mother."

That puts an entirely different spin on said crisis, for sure. And, apparently, his mother is in denial. If she gets mad at you, she can blame you and ignore any issues her son may really have.

 

[zoebartlett]

I wish your SO the best and that he can get professional help, Danny. I can totally understand calling his mom in that situation, as I said above, and I hope one day things will be okay between you two.

 

[Imdanny]

Hi Zoe, thanks!

Things are good between SO and me now. We're looking forward to the weekend as you can imagine. We need time to rest and regroup.

I want to thank PS and each of you who has posted in this thread. This is such a nice group of wise and symathetic women (mostly women).

It's awesome. When I was growing up, we'd have family dinners on the holidays and then the men would go off to the living room (to watch football, my great passion in life- not). I never would and still today be able to talk to a group of women.

And I'd like to note that in well more than 10 years now of posting on the Internet this is the one and only time I have posted anything critical about SO. I wouldn't normally do this but I own the fact I did it in this case.

Thank you for understanding and for all of your wisdom and support.

Hugs,
Danny

 

[Tuckins1]

I really hope you and your SO are doing well... What a scary and difficult situation! I didn't read the rest of the posts before I initially posted, so I wasn't up to speed on what was going on.

 

[natascha]

Just wanted to send out a hug. You come across as very caring and respectful partner. I can only imagine the type of situation you are in and how hard it is, especially when trying to figure out what is the best way forward. You have done the best you can for your partner and for his mother, calling her back even when she hangs up on you repeatedly. I hope that you two can spend the weekend taking care of each other and your relationship and learning from this situation.

 

[Imdanny]

Very kind. Thank you both.

 

[NovemberBride]

Danny,

I hope that you are getting SO the help he needs - threatening to harm oneself is very serious and IMHO, needs to be addressed with a mental health professional. If you were so scared/upset as to call a grown man's mother, I would think the situation must have been quite dire. For the sake of you and your SO, please don't sweep this under the rug and say "we've kissed and made up and we're great now."

 

[Imdanny]

Thank you everyone.

Our weekend happens to start now and lasts through tomorrow and the day after.

I hope you all can appreciate I need to let this thread be now.

Thank you again. You've all been wonderful.

 

[Gypsy]

Best wishes Danny.

 

[asscherisme]

I am glad you and your SO worked things out and have grown from this. Its a hard lesson to learn, but working things out with each other rather than going to each other's families is an important lesson. Its a shame your parents don't fully accept your relationship.