how do you stop other people's kids from annoying you?

[prairiedog]

This must put some strain on your marriage.

It does, which is exactly what hubby's sister & mother want.

And now that this child is in the picture, I'm afraid of how SIL might use her to accuse me of something I'd never be guilty of doing.

[prairiedog]

Last I heard, my daughter was on her cell with me, whispering and doing a belly crawl from her living room to her bedroom while this young woman was knocking at her door, child in tow.

[raml]

I am afraid that with what you are saying now I would refuse to be around these folks at all. If your husband wants to see them fine but if they could possibly try to accuse you of something just to get you in trouble then you should not be anywhere around them. I could never do what you are doing by being in their presence when they dislike you so much they are out to get you. This has nothing to do with being a good or bad Christian it has to do with your sanity. No one needs to be around people like you are describing.

[prairiedog]

Raml, if only I could convince my husband.

[Acts5:41]

When we bought our home, I told my husband I'd be happy to host his parents, or even have his mother move in with us, but I flatly refused to have his siblings in my home.

"My home is my refuge" I told him "I won't be attacked in my home".

I suggest you get "Boundaries" and "Boundaries in Marriage" and have HIM read them. He probably doesn't have a clear sense of boundaries due to the way he was raised.

A lot of people think it is a sin to stand up for yourself and say "No, that is unacceptable behavior".