Week from Hell

[kelios]

Okay, I need to vent a little. 

I'm the first to admit that maybe I'm a little overprotective of my daughter.  I have good reason to be--for a good person from a fanatically Christian home, I've met more than my fair share of BAD people, particularly men.

My inlaws came to visit this last week, and I was a little concerned about how they would act around my daughter.  In the past, both my MIL and FIL have almost completely ignored her in favor of spending time with their son (my husband).  So I was pleasantly surprised when my FIL seemed quite taken with her and wanted to spend time with her.  He wanted to sit next to her in the car, and at dinner, and he wanted to play games with her and told her how pretty she is. 

Then we got to the pool.  My daughter likes to roughouse in the pool, but FIL carried it to new extremes.  I mean, he was all over her.  Grabbing her and pushing her up against the side of the pool, pulling her right up against his body, hands all over her, FUCKING BITING HER NECK.   At one point, he had her get between his thighs and push and pull him around the pool. 

After the second day I couldn't take it anymore and asked my husband what he thought any thing out of the ordinary was going on.  He of course was horrified and angry--at me, for thinking such a thing--and forbade me to say anything.  Meanwhile, FIL still wanted to go up to the pool every afternoon and every night. 

I did the only thing I could, which was go up there every night, even though I couldn't get in the water with them, and try to keep her away from him.  I'm pretty sure he figured out what I was doing, 'cause he stopped wanting to swim once it became clear I didn't want him touching her anymore. 

So am I crazy?  Paranoid?  Right now I'm really fucking glad they live in Delaware and can't come visit more often.  I'm already dreading the next time they come out, because if I ever actually see him touch my daughter in a way that is obviously inappropriate, or she tells me he did, I swear to God I'll make him wish he were dead, if not outright kill him.