Her Mother-In-Law Humiliated Her At A Family Dinner, And She’s Tired Of This Woman Pretending That She’s Not Good Enough For Her Husband
Tying the knot with your partner is supposed to be a euphoric experience, allowing you both to officially and fully blend your lives together.
But when you get married, you also hitch yourself to your spouse’s family–and for people with rough in-laws, that’s one major downside to saying “I do.”
This 29-year-old woman can sadly relate. She and her husband have been married for three years now, yet his mother has never warmed up to her.
In fact, her mother-in-law still frequently jokes about how she’s not good enough for her husband, and her sister-in-law doesn’t hold back, either.
“His sister is just like her: smug and always ready to jump in with a dig,” she said.
But just last weekend, she finally hit her breaking point during a family dinner, because after her mother-in-law totally embarrassed her, her mother-in-law still had the nerve to ask to stay at her house!
It all began when she, her husband, her mother-in-law, and her sister-in-law gathered for dinner at her home one night.
Since she’d been working late all week, she didn’t cook the meal either. Instead, she opted to order takeout, which her mother-in-law had a problem with from the start.
As soon as she placed the food on the table, her mother-in-law apparently smirked and remarked, “I guess some people just don’t know how to take care of a man anymore.”
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Then, her sister-in-law laughed and chimed in with her own rude remark, saying, “No wonder he’s so skinny,” referring to her husband.
The dinner table quickly went silent, and she felt her face turn bright red in embarrassment. However, her mother-in-law didn’t seem to have any qualms about what happened, because once dinner was over, she casually brought up how her bathroom was getting repaired. So, her mother-in-law declared that she needed to stay with her and her husband for a whole week!
“I told my husband no. I said I’m not comfortable with someone who just humiliated me. And his sister, too,” she recalled.
Rather than understanding that, though, her husband actually became angry and accused her of both overreacting and “tearing” their family apart.
The real kicker? Her sister-in-law proceeded to text her later that same night, claiming she needed to “grow up” and quit making everything about herself.
“Now, my husband’s barely talking to me, and I’m sitting here wondering if I’m being petty or if this is exactly how I end up as their permanent punching bag,” she vented.
Is it a red flag that her husband is allowing his family to treat her so terribly? Do you agree that if she rolls over now, she’s setting herself up for even more degradation in the future? What should she do?
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