1 month ago
My husband's family keeps hounding me with bad advice—but he refuses to do something about it
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. My husband shared this news with his family, and we got bombarded with conflicting advice from a bunch of relatives, especially his mother who would get upset when we didn’t follow her advice. And so began a cycle; my husband tells his family something, they start bombarding me with bad advice and sometimes hound me as to why I haven’t acted on it. If I gently ask his mom or some of his relatives to stop, they get upset at me and go to my husband who asks me to leave them alone because they’re not harming anyone. I have waist-length hair that he watches me take care of daily so he understands what it takes, but he’s also 5 and we get that he needs help.