Dear Annie: My partner and I were surprised to find ourselves expecting with my very loved rainbow baby. We had known each other less than two years and had just moved in together. So far, my relationship with his parents had been rocky at best. Both parents drank to the point of blacking out daily, which often made them unpleasant. When I first got pregnant, I had been hopeful everyone could be part of my daughter's life. It became increasingly doubtful as my delivery date approached. Then, my partner's mom missed our baby shower because she was sick and vomiting. She was admitted to the hospital for alcohol-induced pancreatitis a week later. My daughter was born, and we invited his parents to the hospital. They also came to visit the baby several times over the next few months. My partner's father always showed up incoherently drunk and would yell and swear, at times getting nasty. Updated: Sat Dec 09, 2023