Following and respecting schedules are important to keep the peace within the family.

This woman is almost divorced and is now just co-parenting with his soon-to-be ex-husband.

They decided she would keep the kids for 2 weeks on a vacation, so he let him have them a week before that.

During the vacation, her mother-in-law bombarded her with text messages, demanding to see the kids.

Her MIL even followed them to her parents’ house uninvited, so she decided to take action.

Check out the full story below for all the details.

AITA for keeping my kids from seeing my exes parents?

As a background, I’m almost divorced. We’re separated for two years.

He’s a narcissist and there was a lot of mental abuse.

We are co-parenting just fine, and he’s much easier to deal with now.

Both of our families live in Ohio. We live in Oregon.

This woman started getting text messages from her mother-in-law.

My parents bought me and my kids plane tickets to go visit them for two weeks.

In exchange for the two weekends I would have the kids, I let my ex keep them an entire week.

That was when his parents were here visiting last month.

Right before my trip, I started getting group chat messages from his mom.

It was filled with guilt about them wanting my kids for some of this trip.

She blocked her MIL because the texts kept coming in.

My MIL has been horrible to me, writing letters full of lies to the court to try and get her son custody of my kids.

I told her I wasn’t interested in seeing her, and my mom had paid for the trip.

I ended up blocking her number because the group texts kept coming.

She texted my sister instead.

Her MIL drove to her parents’ house uninvited.

The whole time we were there, on our last full day, I took my kids to the museum.

They drove two hours to my parents’ house uninvited to force me to let them see my kids.

They rang the doorbell several times. We did not answer.

I needed to run out and get a few things for the return trip.

When it looked like they left, I got in the car.

They cornered her while she was about to go out.

Apparently, they had been waiting out of sight for almost an hour.

They swooped into the driveway, blocking my vehicle in.

They got out of the car and started yelling at me in my vehicle.

I asked them to leave and threatened to call the cops.

They let me out, rang the doorbell 20 more times, and eventually left.

I did call the cops and file a report.

Now, she’s wondering if she was wrong to keep her kids away from them.

Should I have just given in and let them see my kids?

Am I the jerk for not complying and allowing my kids to see the cousins they barely know?

They’re used to me doing whatever they want.

But I don’t technically have to anymore and it felt good to stand up to their bullying.

Am I doing my kids a disservice?

Let’s find out what others have to say about this.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

Short and straightforward.

This person gives their honest opinion.

Indeed!

Finally, this one shares what they would have done.

Your children deserve to be protected from manipulative relatives.

They can work it out with their son.

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