A mother-in-law gave a valuable necklace to one grandchild, causing a rift with her daughter-in-law who believes she is playing favorites. The situation stems from a history of conflict between the mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law, where the mother-in-law's attempts to help with childcare were met with resistance.
So, the Original Poster (OP) in this story is a lady who has at least two adult sons, both married with kids. And if the author always had a wonderful relationship with one of the DILs, then the situation got even worse after the birth of children. Every time, according to the author, she tried to help her son’s family with raising the kids – for example, with babysitting – it caused problems.
As a result, Amy usually involved her mom in helping with the kids, and over time, she stopped going to the MIL’s house at all. Our heroine says that her son tried to reconcile them, but over time he gave in – and usually came to visit his parents himself, without his family. So the author switched her focus to the other son's family, whom she enjoys spending time with. It turns out that a decade later, the OP barely knows her grandkids from one son, but gets along well with her other grandchildren. And recently, she gave her granddaughter a rather expensive necklace for her 10th birthday. Upon learning of this, Amy got indignant and called her MIL, accusing her of playing favorites with her grandkids. After all, according to the mom, her daughter is a year older than her cousin, and rightfully deserves this gift. In response, the OP said that yes, she’s playing favorites – but it’s only Amy’s fault, and no one else’s. After all, if she hadn’t distanced herself from her years ago, then she’d have had a chance to get to know her grandkids better and establish relationships with them. The lady was absolutely sure that she was right, but her DIL wasn’t convinced by this argument. She called the author a jerk for doing so and literally demanded that her daughter receive a necklace. And the OP, according to her, is now literally tormented by doubts – did she act correctly in the described situation
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