Literally this! Once you accept that you literally can’t control how they all perceive you is the moment you set yourself free mentally.
2026-01-06 20:39:26
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Stephanie :
I’m ready to move on. It literally took over my peace in postpartum.
2026-01-07 16:30:04
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Katie DuBose :
They also never even ask about you so why should you explain yourself to someone that has no interest in taking the time to get to truly know you?
2026-01-07 03:15:45
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Phoebe & Winny :
How do you handle your kids having relationships with these family members? Struggling here 😅
2026-01-06 21:53:00
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L 🇨🇦 :
Once I finally accepted that their commitment to misunderstanding me was out of my control and no matter what, they wouldn’t get it, my whole world opened up and I just magically stopped caring
2026-01-07 02:05:12
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Emily Parris :
I have twisted myself in knots trying to find the perfect formula of words to get them to see me, understand me, like me. & then I realized they don’t understand it not because I’m not explaining it good enough, but because they want to understand their version. My mantra is “Their version of who I am not does not define me” or “I don’t need them to see the truth in order to know it’s valid”
2026-01-07 20:33:08
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kaylababes22 :
Took notes and am now applying this. My only issue that I struggle with is I want my babies to have relationships with their family. But I’m so tired of begging for relationship. My MILs way of punishing us for not revolving our life around her is not showing up for important moments unless she’s the only one in attendance. If a single person from my family is there, she claims she can’t bond. So she’s never shown up for a birthday. And she won’t come to any events we invite her to, if my family will be there. My heart breaks for my babies but I’m done wanting them to like me or understand my husband and my boundaries
2026-01-06 22:04:25
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nicole lenick :
Cannot even tell you how thankful I am that you’re talking about this. I just realized my husbands family is fully in an enmeshment and there is so much healing him and I need after these 12 years. I never got accepted by his parents unless i did everything they wanted.
2026-01-07 01:49:03
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Username :
I needed to hear this! I am still waiting to "tell my side" so they understand. But....they never will.
2026-01-06 21:04:10
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Brittanie Manson :
Why are you literally me
2026-01-06 20:55:11
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Sandra :
Crazy how we felt bad to do simple activities with our own family without including them… it blows my mind lol
2026-01-06 20:45:35
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user9055619111591 :
But how do you do this if your husband thinks his family isn’t enmeshed/doesn’t think some of the things they do are a big deal?
2026-01-06 22:50:58
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CB 🇿🇦🇮🇪 :
“I can’t manage who you think am” Wow that dit me so hard. I had to listen to it several times. I do this with my husband’s family, because I do want them to like me but it’s exhausting.
2026-01-06 21:14:25
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Dan Aalfs :
ayeee this is so fascinating but yes we need to move onnnn
2026-01-06 20:57:55
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CheddaBayBiscuits :
Is that a garmin watch?
2026-02-22 12:48:36
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TheNarcAssistCorner :
Heavy on the I can’t manage who YOU think I am!! 👏👏👏👏👏
2026-01-07 03:20:44
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Addie Swindler :
For me it was realizing that whether we bent over backwards or kept firm boundaries my MIL still had some complaint so we chose boundaries.
2026-01-08 04:54:46
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Iasjt :
Please discuss how you set boundaries. And how you handle knowing you are spoken about and trash talked and then Jae to sit with them
2026-01-07 02:33:46
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Kenadee Ferguson :
Brb gonna listen to this 100x
2026-01-06 20:50:42
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alywallis28 :
The beauty of my partner’s enmeshed family is he moved 3 hours from them to me. Distance is a beautiful thing for enmeshed families. They are now an hour and a half closer & nothing is changing because we have already set a precedent
2026-01-06 21:45:02
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SendiMaria :
Some of that not giving an eff what others, including family, think is the aging process. We literally can’t do it anymore, our bodies and our brains…all the juggling, the masking, the managing people’s feelings. I hit a wall and was in a really dark place. Once you get on the other side of it…it’s glorious.
2026-01-06 23:58:23
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Alyssa 👽💚🎱⚡️ :
For several years, I made sure to include my in laws in every family activity and I regret it so much. So many special moments, memories, and milestones in our marriage were tainted by them. I was so immature and didn’t see the damage it was doing. I wanted to be loved and accepted by them and thought disregarding my boundaries was the only way to do so.
2026-01-09 18:06:56
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Fay :
I'm a place where "it is what it is" when it comes to his family, but I have a really hard time moving past all the conflict and damage my marriage took from my husband not seeing or validating my experience.
2026-01-07 19:43:45
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ScidraUsman :
Wow. 💯💯💯 I feel seen
2026-01-06 21:08:54
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napqueen4evr :
What kinds of things are they saying about you?
2026-01-07 01:37:50
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