She Told Her Mother-In-Law To Stop Moving Her Belongings Around, And Her Husband Feels She Was Rude
It’s one thing to offer a helping hand; it’s another to slowly take over someone else’s space under the guise of just trying to help.
This woman’s mother-in-law walks through her door, smiles politely, and then starts quietly undoing her home, one drawer, shelf, or memory at a time.
She’s been patient. She’s been quiet. But after watching her grandmother’s handwritten recipe cards get tossed like junk mail, she finally pushed back, and now she’s the one being called rude.
Every single Sunday, her mother-in-law comes over to her house for dinner. That doesn’t grind her gears that much, but you know what does?
Her mother-in-law’s penchant for rearranging her belongings while she’s busy cooking. This is driving her completely crazy.
“It started small, like she’d move my salt and pepper to what she thought was a better spot or mess with how I had my coffee mugs arranged. I didn’t say anything because complaining about that seemed pretty petty,” she explained.
“But then last month she completely reorganized my spice cabinet while I was making dinner. She told me my system didn’t make sense, and alphabetical was obviously better.”
“Took me forever to find anything after that because I had my own way of organizing things.”
Then, two weeks ago, her mother-in-law took all of the laundry that she had out on her couch and folded it all up.
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While that seems like a lovely thing for someone to do, it wasn’t. Her mother-in-law proceeded to put all of the clothes away in the wrong spaces.
Her dresser drawer ended up full of her husband’s work shirts, while her children’s clothing became a mess, and her own underwear ended up with the kitchen towel pile.
“This past Sunday, I come out of the kitchen and find her reorganizing my bookshelf and throwing away what she called old magazines,” she added.
“Except they weren’t magazines, they were my recipe cards in magazine holders, and some of them were handwritten ones from my grandmother, who passed away.”
“I asked her to please stop moving my things and explained about the recipe cards. She got all defensive, saying she was just trying to help, and my house needed organization. My husband sided with her and said I should appreciate that she cares enough to help clean.”
Her mother-in-law is currently not speaking to her, and her husband feels she was mean for not showing his mom more gratitude.
Do you think what she did was rude?
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