Husband Doesn’t Like Wife’s Parents Entering Their Bedroom When They Babysit Their Son: ‘Personal Space’

A 33-year-old woman is unsure how to address an intrusion issue involving her parents that is continuing to bother her and her husband.

The wife chronicled on the community forum Mumsnet that her parents have been going into her bedroom whenever they babysit her toddler. 

“My parents have started looking after my 1-year-old son one day a week so I can work,” she explained. “The first time they said my baby crawled into the bedroom, so they went to get him out.”

“The second time there was a little pile of clean laundry on our bed, when I came home my mom had ironed it,” she added. “I thanked her, as I know she’s only trying to help, but she shouldn’t have even known it was there.”

The woman then said her husband “doesn’t like” them going in there.

“He says it’s our personal space,” she wrote of her partner’s honest feelings about the situation. “I agree but have no idea what to say to them.”

Mumnet users had mixed reactions — with 48% of the nearly 2,000 people voting in a poll selecting the “You are being unreasonable” option.

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“If you are that fussed, pay for childcare and contain your mother to the ground floor,” one reader replied. ”She did ironing for you because she loves you and to make your life easier. Take it in the spirit it was intended.”

Another person agreed, not mincing words by commenting with how people sometimes treat parents: “Honestly, the batshit nonsensical rules people try to enforce upon their own parents offering free childcare is wild.”

A third user suggested, “Put a lock on the door! No need to say anything.”