By ppd_sucks - 29/12/2010 20:03 - United States

Today, my wife and I received confirmation that she has postpartum depression. When sharing this with the family, my mother exclaimed "I told you she was a psycho!" Now my wife is crying louder and more often than our newborn. Thanks, mom. FML
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redbluegreen 40

Your mother clearly needs to get over herself and accept your marriage. Your wife may be a "psycho" to her, but she's the "immature brat" to everyone else. Love and support your wife, and reassure her that she's definitely not what your mother says. Also, when you have the time, take your mother aside and set up some boundaries. If she can't accept them, stop coming around. For the sake of visiting your newborn, she'll probably learn to keep her mouth shut. Your mother may be blood, but your wife is your family.

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MisherzzSquisher 0

your mom is mean! ):

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devilSugar 0

Why in the hell would you share something like that with your family? You will learn (as you seem to be doing) the HARD WAY. Never share details of your marriage with your family. It will always come back to bite you in the ass.

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BandddGeekkk 0

he probably shared the info in order to make sure his family didn't say anything stupid and insensitive...

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rattusrattus 18

And it has become apparent to you that your mother is an antagonistic cow with worse social skills than ME (and mine are pretty bad, so... ya). Get your wife some help. Congrats on the new baby.

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guppy40000 0

there is a good percentage of women who suffer postpartum at some point during or after pregnancy. get your mom and wife a pamphlet on that and let them both know its not that uncommon a thing. maybe your wife will feel better about herself and your mother can get some education on the subject.

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FarSide 22

Well, Hell's bells! Living in New Jersey is enough to turn anyone Postal. Hope it passes away (and your mother to, btw) soon.

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lolaisagirl 0

well aren't you just a ray of friggin sunshine?

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Shinygirlnz 1

That was mean of your mother. I hope you stood up for your wife, she'll need it more than ever at the moment.

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hashoahxxx 0

have your wife ******* get over it oh your sad boohoo alot of people have it alot ******* worse

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Seethatguy 3

Screw off, nobody needs to hear your half witted opinions about depression. You, my friend... are just an asshole. Have a nice day (: OP, I'm sorry to hear your mother said that and I hope things turn out ace for you and your wife and child.

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sallen0046 4

While your mother's response was inappropriate, I don't understand why you would share this information with her in the first place. The mental status of your marital partner is nobody's business, and that includes "close" family members if they're not going to be supportive, something you obviously knew your mother would not be given that she's obviously voiced negative opinions of your wife in the past.

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perdix 29

Your mom knows what she's doing -- she thinks your Oedipus Complex isn't strong enough. Why did you betray her for that **** wife of yours?

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sushirocks25 1

Why are you calling his wife a ****? They're married and have a newborn child, I see no reason for you to call his wife a ****.

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fightingkittens 39

70--I've seen 46's comments before on other FMLs. They refer to any young woman mentioned in an FML as a ****. I guess that's just what they do.

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sushirocks25 1

Now I know that who ever 46 is has some major sexism issues.

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spanelli 16

You three are quite obviously new here...

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0opsie 6

It was just a sarcastic joke about how OP's mom wants him. Jeez, people.... :/

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alexFYL 11

LOL. People, it's an incest joke. Not sexist. His comment was a joke from Mom's point of view.

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fightingkittens 39

I'm not new to FML, and I totally missed the incest joke. It's not funny, and perdix IS extremely sexist. I've seen various comments they've left on FMLs, too bad I didn't flag them or I would write them here.

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hermitknut 22

Funny is a matter of opinion. Given that a good percentage of FML folk seem to like Perdix's sense of humour, maybe you should just accept the majority rule and move on. Also, I could be wrong, but I always thought Perdix was female...

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