'Entitled daughter-in-law demands I bake her children cookies - I threatened to call cops'

A woman has been hailed a hero for standing her ground against her 'entitled' daughter -in-law's attempts to make her into a full-time grandma. Despite working full-time, she's always there to babysit when she can.

But her daughter-in-law seems to want more, expecting her to live only for her grandkids. The woman vented on Reddit : "My son and daughter-in-law have been married for around seven years at this point. They have two kids. All of my children are out of the home and living their lives. My husband and I are still working and will probably retire in 10-15 years -around 70."

The woman, who is in her 60s, revealed that things were better with her daughter-in-law before the grandchildren came along. Living just 30 minutes away, her daughter-in-law frequently tries to drop the kids off without her son's knowledge.

To clear the air, she had a sit-down with both her son and daughter-in-law, where she disclosed how her personal time is constantly consumed by babysitting duties. She continued, "I sat them down and he had no idea this was happening. I showed the many texts asking for me to babysit and he was under the impression that I have only babysat twice this month not 16 times.", reports the Mirror .

"Apparently, she has been dropping them off with me to hang out with people and my son was under the impression she was taking them with her. I started to communicate in a group chat with them so everyone was on the same page. I only respond to her in the group chat and if she starts to spam me with texts about it I throw a screenshot in the group chat and have my son deal with it." She discovered that her daughter-in-law is hell-bent on replicating the tight-knit grandparent relationship she cherished as a child, insisting on frequent visits.

"In short, I explained that I am still working and I will not have that relationship," she declared. "That I can't have the kids every other day just like she had growing up. We agreed to every two weeks to have a grandma's day. All good for about a year, my son is now traveling for work and she is at it again. The time difference makes it hard to have him shut it down when it happens."

"I was home for about an hour when she showed up at my home. She wanted me to babysit when she went shopping. I had enough at this point." At her wit's end, the woman erupted at her daughter-in-law, yelling: "I have my own life. I will not be the cookie-cutter grandma she wants if she tries to leave the kids with me from now on without my agreement that I will call the police for abandonment."

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In retaliation, her daughter-in-law labeled her as a jerk and stormed out of the house, with her son agreeing that she had crossed a line. Seeking clarity on whether she was in the wrong, she turned to social media for public opinion.

One user commented: "That's nice she had that kind of relationship with her grandparents, but absolutely nothing entitles her to force it on you. Good job on the boundaries. Your son needs to step up here too though, and get more involved with his own kids. The group text idea was brilliant and is a great way to keep him in the loop."

Another user chimed in: "She is dreadful, and will apparently never be satisfied until you become her full-time nanny. You are handling this perfectly, by communicating clearly, and by having her husband deal with it. And the police threat was an effective wake-up call she needed."

A third user added: "You tried repeatedly to set boundaries and come up with a good arrangement to spend quality time with your grandchildren. Your daughter-in-law just can't seem to understand or keep to the arrangement. You had to be ultra blunt with her."

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