Feeling like I do nothing good enough...

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Recently I have been feeling like nothing I do is good enough. Got in a few arguments with the husband when I thought I was helping him but it wasn't how he wanted it done. But we apoligized for that. A lot of the time I feel my mother-in-law makes me feel nothing I get is good enough or my advice isn't good enough. I really don't know if its her meds that make her act like that since she is diagnosed as bi-polar or its something natural for her to do. Examples are like I buy my meat from Sam's Club or another grocery store and then she would abruptly say the best meat is ever is from IGA, and also with what peanut butter I prefer to buy (JIF) and she said Peter Pan peanut butter is better to my husband on the phone. Recently they got a kitten, and they were going to give it a bath with a flea shampoo and I said you better check the age on the bottle before you put it on her. And she was like its for cats, dogs, kitten, and puppies and the age is up to 6 weeks. But usually most of those products are for seperate from the two species and usually the age is at least 4-8 months. But she was like I had no clue what I was talking about it. I feel like its like she thinks I don't know anything since I have never own 50 cats in my lifetime and I went to school for 2 years about animal healthcare. I feel mad, stupid, and not good enough. And I feel guilty because I don't know if its her meds that do it or not. Some advice will be helpful I can keep the negative feelings down and not act so offended And then say something wrong that will cause conflict.

She sounds rather controlling and combatative. There is no reason for her to be constantly criticizing you like that. Is there any way you can try to keep your distance from her? How often do you have to see her? Can you talk to your husband about it, maybe he can talk to her?
You're not doing anything wrong here. Try to remember the problem is with her, not you.

Yeeeaaa this sounds a lot like petty little things coming from a controlling person. As far as your husband, you didn't elaborate much about it and that one example sounds completely benign. It's not that what you're doing isn't good enough, it's just not good enough to satisfy somebody's particular neuroses. And when it comes to neuroses, what IS good enough?

Thanks for the advice. Husband and I usually have our ups and downs. I have issues with piling things instead of placing things so that kind of annoys him. But me and him have talk our problems out and he tries to take time to understand me on how I feel. He is pretty sure I have asperger's so it has helped our marriage a lot with the understanding and trying to work things out. Especially if I over react by misinterepting his tone of voice. Its really hard for me to talk to my husband how I feel about how his mom talks to me and he will say its just her meds. I will try to talk to him and hope he doesn't take offense to it. Rarely see my in laws at their house or anything and usually I sit quietly to myself and let them have a conversation. If I talk about the deal I get with meat from another store that brings up her preference like a trigger. I don't like feeling judgemental at all it pretty horrible feeling. I thank you all again for the advice.

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