Inspired by a true story sent to me to share #shorts

[kimgorrill]

This is totally my in laws. Not one picture of my kids. But covered with my brother in laws and even their great nieces and nephews.

[crystalmichaud]

My mom never wanted my kids around. When my brother finally had a child they went to visit her. He sent me a picture of mom holding the 2 year old at an aquarium looking at fish. It broke my heart.

[kodileigh]

My grandfather was a hermit. Lived in a house in the woods forty minutes away from town on a good day. In the woods.
He kept everything he got from my mom. Photo, news clippings, ect… he loved me.
I loved going to grandpas every chance I got even though it wasn’t very kid friendly. My favourite activity was grocery shopping with him because I got 1 on 1 time.
My grandma K, I wish she was still around! She was the best!!!
To all who have horrid grandparents, I truly feel sad for you and give love to you.

[mandachris]

My dad’s mom did this to me and my sister even though our dad was her favorite child and claimed me as her mini me. They lived 1.5 miles away from us and my parents never barred us from them, they just choose to see us 8 times in 20 years. My mom’s parents had a room with pictures that had a shelf dedicated to each of the 7 grandchild and had equal pictures of us all.

[ks]

My husband's parents were like this. They didn't want to come to our sons 4th birthday because it was too far (30 minutes), but the following weekend, they drove 4 hours to their other grand kids. They suck.

[adrienneneal]

i was that kid. every summer i would go to my grandpas house (moms dad) and there was pics of his wife’s family, my cousins, aunt and uncle, and i maybe had one or two pics on the fridge but they were DEFINITELY group photos. its so sick to treat kids like shit just because you dislike their parents

[kimberlydyle]

I could not deal with a mother-in-law like this. So glad my mother in law was a very sweet angel. God rest her soul.

[melissalutz]

My mil adores the children so much that she’s had their photos drawn by an artist. The most amazing photos I’ve ever seen!! She will literally fight anyone who says my oldest children (legally my husbands step children) are not her “real” grandchildren. Like nanna will physically throw down lol I love her so much ❤

[No-svmu]

My husband's mom has always favored her daughter's kids over her son's kids. It used to really bother me, then I just had to let it go. My children are extremely close with my parents. Im so grateful they have that relationship.

[nattybobatty]

This was my grandmother. She died recently, and at her funeral all her friends were looking at me and my siblings weird like they had no idea who we were. But they were ALLLL over my cousins, who are the children of her favorite child. Heck no one even spoke to us.

[theruralcompanion]

My kids are the only grandkids on either side. One set of grandparents has plenty of pictires up, the other side has zero! And there is plenty of that online "pretending" 🙄

[sheighpullen]

See I have this problem but with my Mother. I'm adopted so we have never been close, she has always reminded me I wasn't actually her child. So my older sister had a baby before me which is the way its supposed to go, CONSTANT pictures all over FB of my nephew. When my husband and I started our family she ignored my son but has some photos of my daughter. After she started ignoring my son but requesting time with ONLY our daughter I shut that shit down so fast. Said no but you can have both if not then we are done. Haven't spoken to her since and I don't feel bad about it!

[Missie]

My grandmother did this to my sisters and I. We were adopted and not “hers”. It was rough when we would visit her house.

[annasoto]

I bought a nice frame and put a picture of our family in it for my in-laws. The following year I saw the exact frame at my husband stepsister house with a picture of her children. I was nosy and double checked the portrait of my family was still inside of it behind the frame. Didn't say anything but I've never bought them a Christmas gift since.

[princesszoeylynn]

My X MIL was exactly like this. She was a Christian to you face and a devil when you looked away.

My MIL was the sweetest, kindest, and most caring person to my kids and I. My mother however, doted on my siblings kids and never seemed to have the time of day for mine.

[crumarki]

my dad is black. my grandmother did not approve of my mom dating and marrying him, then having his biracial children. i grew up seeing a whole wall of pictures of relatives in my grandmothers home but only ever seeing maybe 2 or 3 pictures of me and my siblings in my entire life. however, i do have a half brother and he is fully white and i have always seen his pictures all over. there are home videos, photo albums, and he’s in all of them. we were never included in family reunions or get-togethers but then I’d find out that the family just went on vacation to Hawaii and didn’t mention it to us. it’s always been a difficult pill to swallow. it’s one thing when your grandparent just isn’t interested in you but it’s a whole other thing when your grandparent is straight up racist and doesn’t have it in them to respect you.

[BrandiR]

my MIL asked for a family photo of us last year and I refuse to do it. In 2019 she asked for a wedding photo of us and we obliged, put it in a gorgeous silver Waterford frame, and it's still in the fucking box. She doesn't like me, doesn't acknowledge that she has step grandchildren, calls herself "fairy godmother" instead, and correct my kids if they call her grandma. MEANWHILE my FIL (her husband) loves us unconditionally, is grandpa, and everything.

[robinwojcik]

Lol. My toxic fil was arguing with me over one of my animals… he stormed into his apartment and threw all my kids pictures at me - frames and all. Don’t know what he thought he would accomplish with that. I picked up the pictures but left all the broken frames and glass for him to clean up. 🎉

[amybourget]

That is so very sad. I am so glad that I have the best MIL in the world. I am going on a small trip with her, my husband’s step father and his aunt for my birthday for 3 days to Pennsylvania to go see the Book of Danial and I can’t wait.