This thing has the key inside for showings, but my lease isn’t even up until May… it’s just really annoying because it’s hard to turn the handle with that thing on, especially since the handle is partially broken and they won’t fix it so it jams… and now they’re saying a reasonable notice for someone to walk through my place WITHOUT the landlord showing the place, is a 2 hour notice…. Ready to buy a home soon.

AIO?

I work at a college, and most of my employees are students, and often I am their first boss; it's their first job, their first experience with the workplace.

Currently, most of my student staff is in their second year with us (they usually stay 2-3 years), so they know the other boss and I very well at this point. Not only are we often their first boss, but because so many are first gen college students, the other boss and I have a lot of roles that we play with these student employees, and we do our best to create a caring environment where they can learn and grow.

Now, the other boss got pregnant, and it seemed like an exciting thing, up to the student employees wanting to plan a little shower. Unfortunately, it culiminated, at 8mo, in an emergency induction and a stillbirth.

I had the task of sharing this with our student staff at a staff meeting, and to my utter shock, one of the student staff responded with: "I don't see why we should need to know this or care. I don't see why any of us should be involved in each other's personal lives. As long as it doesn't affect me or my paycheck, I don't care if Boss B had a baby or not."

My response was utter shock, and unfortunately, silence. I literally could not find words. Another student staff said, "I guess we all know who NOT to talk to about anything outside of work. Better not ask for invites to bowling night, [name]."

I ended the meeting on the spot rather than have it devolve because I wasn't sure how to handle the situation.

I have yet to say anything to this particular student staff because I'm afraid of what will come out of my mouth. However, several other staff have asked not to work with this person, and I'm inclined not to want to work with them myself.

AIO? Would I be overreacting to have this student transferred to work in another unit?

EDIT: this was shared at our regular monthly meeting, a special meeting was not held just for this.

EDIT 2: I shared the information at the request of Boss 2 who could not imagine coming back and having to share it herself.

EDIT 3: we are generally a small, somewhat close-knit group and Boss B and I do a lot to help these students along and ensure they're successful. We provide considerable assistance and support on their academic path, so to hear that kind of disregard was shocking.

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I’m 36M, married to my wife (35F) for 6 years. We have one kid (6). My wife’s mom has always been intense, like the kind of person who speaks in certainties and rewrites history in real time. We’ve had a rocky relationship with her for years, but we’ve kept it polite because my wife still wants our kid to know his grandma. The problem is she doesn’t stay in the “grandma lane”. She oversteps in sneaky ways that sound helpful if you weren’t there. For example she’ll tell my son “if you ever need a REAL grown up, you call me” while looking directly at me, or she’ll say stuff like “I’m the only one who remembers your allergies” even though our kid doesn’t have allergies. She also loves to make little announcements to other people. Last year at a school thing she introduced herself to a parent as “basically his second mum” and my son looked confused and did that little kid laugh like, what? I let it go, because my wife asked me to, and I told myself it was harmless ego.

This week was my son’s school open house. It’s not a holiday or anything, just the evening where kids show their classroom and the teacher does a quick chat. My wife invited her mom because she said it would mean a lot to our son. Fine. We get there, it’s crowded, kids everywhere, and my son runs off to show his desk. I’m standing with my wife, and her mom is doing her usual scanning-the-room thing. A staff member (not the teacher, more like the front office type) comes up and says, “Hi, are you his guardian?” and points at my son. Before I even answer, my mother in law smiles and goes, “Yes, I’m his guardian. I handle all the important stuff for him.” The staff member turns to me and my wife and goes, “Oh okay, great.” My wife looks at me like please dont, but I felt my face get hot. I said, calm but very clear, “No. You’re his grandmother. I’m his dad and this is his mother.” Her mom instantly does that wounded little laugh and says, “It’s just a word, don’t be so touchy.” The staff member looked awkward and excused herself.

Then my mother in law starts hissing at me quietly, saying I embarrassed her, that I “undermined her role”, that I always have to make everything about control. My wife is now stressed, trying to herd our kid away from the hallway chaos, and her mom keeps following me like a ghost, whispering little speeches. I finally stopped near the book fair tables and said, louder than I meant to, “You are not his guardian. Don’t ever say that again, to anyone. It’s weird and it confuses people.” A couple parents glanced over. She got teary immediately and said I’m “trying to erase her” and that she “only stepped up because someone has to.” That part made me snap because it’s implying we don’t. I told her if she wants to be included she can act like a normal grandparent and stop playing martyr. She stormed out and later texted my wife that she feels “unsafe” around me now and won’t come to anything unless I apologize.

My wife says she agrees her mom was out of line, but also says I picked the worst possible moment and made the night tense for our kid. I think the worst moment was her claiming she’s his guardian in front of school staff like it’s a casual title she earned. AITJ?

TL;DR: My mother in law introduced herself at my kid’s school as his “guardian” and I corrected her publicly and told her never to say that again. Now she wants an apology and my wife thinks I escalated.