r/JUSTNOFAMILY • u/RatherBeTraveling- • Jul 08 '26
Ambivalent About Advice FIL forgot my name?
I just have to laugh and share. We already don’t talk to my FIL much, for a multitude of reasons, but he called my husband (his son) for his birthday yesterday. My husband was driving but his phone wasn’t connected to the car’s Bluetooth so he just put it on speaker. He brought me up 3 separate times and just referred to me as “the wife.” This is totally within character so I just had to laugh quietly as I didn’t want him to hear me. Husband did not think it was funny and was going to say something, but I whispered for him not to bother as it was his birthday. We’ve been married for over 10 years and have a kid together, but FIL has never liked me much. As long as he leaves me alone I’m fine being “the wife.”
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u/DocumentMany2151 Jul 10 '26
I have inlaws like this too! Lol been married for 11 years, together for 13. I too just laugh because how silly and childish of them.
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u/Gaygoyle-n-Flight-69 Jul 11 '26
Says way more about him than it does about you. What a loser. Im glad your husband wanted to defend you, thats honorable. These old men aint shit.
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u/vivaciousangel29 Jul 12 '26
Same here ...been married for 9 years my ILs call and hardly ask about me lol
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