Her Fiancé’s Mom Yelled At Her To Stop Spending Her Son’s Money, And Her Own Mom Thinks She Should Call Off Her Engagement For How Her Fiancé Acted
This woman is currently engaged to a man named Matt, and Matt grew up with just him and his mom, Tina.
For Thanksgiving, Tina came to stay with them for the first time ever, and things did not go well at all.
“I get that there is some class difference,” she explained. “Tina worked mainly in restaurant and retail jobs to make ends meet. My mom is an engineer, and my dad is a lawyer.”
“Tina stayed on our couch and immediately tried to make me into this thrifty housewife for her son, although I’m currently making more than him as he’s finishing his post-grad internship.”
“It became hostile about things like our hand soap in the bathroom. Kitchen towels and trash bags. We got into a major fight over them. I normally just use the trash bags that originally came with our trash can.”
She honestly never pays that much attention to what things cost. But when she got home from grocery shopping and failed to pick up mashed potatoes and stove-top-style stuffing, Tina got angry with her.
Tina was upset with the grocery store she picked out to get their Thanksgiving dinner at. But then, Tina started screaming at her for shopping the way that she does before insisting she had to spend money more wisely and “not waste her son’s money.”
Now, she makes six figures a year, while Matt is still completing an internship, so she’s the one making all of the money currently.
When Matt is done with his internship, he should at least be earning the same salary as her, if not more, within two years’ time.
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Given all of that, she doesn’t stop to consider how much the trash bags or milk she buys at the store even cost.
She informed Tina of this, and then Tina burst into tears while accusing her of being horrible. That made her angry, so she left, sent Matt a text, and went to stay with her sister for the night. This all happened on the night before Thanksgiving, and her sister was supposed to come over for Thanksgiving to celebrate the holiday with all of them.
“…Matt asked if we could now skip hosting because his mom is not in a good place, and I upset her,” she said.
“They ended up eating the turkey I was going to prepare and then made Matt rush to get stovetop stuffing and instant potatoes. He dropped the overnight bag off at my sister’s. Normally Matt and my sister have a good relationship, but she yelled at him.”
“His mom left, but Matt thinks we should discuss finances. My whole family heard about what happened over trash bags and Matt canceling Thanksgiving. My family is angry at him and his mom. My mom thinks I should cancel the engagement, but Matt and his mom think I’m awful for just leaving his mom crying in the apartment, and I acted like a “snobby diva” to her.”
She’s left wondering if she was in the wrong for insisting to Tina that she does not need to save her pennies.
What do you think?
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