Marrying your partner should feel like joining a family that’s just as kind and supportive as they are. But let’s face it, that’s not always how it goes.
These Redditors opened up about the chaos that came with their mothers-in-law, sharing stories that are so wild they almost sound made up. From jaw-dropping drama to petty revenge, the situations they found themselves in are truly next-level.
Keep reading to see just how messy things can get when a MIL decides to stir the pot.
#41
Not me but my mom: my grandma (my mom’s MIL) gave her a toilet seat for Christmas when she was engaged to my dad. My mom still lived with her parents. She had no toilet of her own to put a seat on.
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29points
#42
The one that still befuddles me most is when DH mentioned working extra OT shifts and her immediate response was "yay! I'll get to watch the LOs!" as if I don't exist.
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29points
#43
I got a jar of opened and partially used body butter that I suspect she bought at a yard sale.
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26points
#44
My mother in law banned me from her house and then planned for a friend of mine to kidnap me for a wedding shower at her house. She was verrrry disappointed I ended up not showing up! We hadn't even been in communication since she had left me homeless so I don't know how she thought an event like that would even work well.
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26points
#45
Mine contacted my husband’s command when he was deployed and managed to invite herself to his reenlistment ceremony without his knowledge. Imagine his surprise when he shows up and his overbearing mother is the person swearing him out and back in. This was before we met.
I went to his last reenlistment ceremony and she was not there this time. He doesn’t like her involvement in his career milestones because she quite literally centers herself.
I sent my in laws a video of the ceremony while we were on the FaceTime. She was furious and started yelling “WHY WASN’T I THERE? WAS (OP) THERE? I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DIDN’T INVITE ME!”
I went to his last reenlistment ceremony and she was not there this time. He doesn’t like her involvement in his career milestones because she quite literally centers herself.
I sent my in laws a video of the ceremony while we were on the FaceTime. She was furious and started yelling “WHY WASN’T I THERE? WAS (OP) THERE? I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DIDN’T INVITE ME!”
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#46
On her wedding day, she called me to leave a voice message for her son on my phone, telling him she knows he misses her although we are NC, and that he wants to spend time with them.
Half a year prior, I went to the police to file her for stalking (charges dropped sadly). She's blocked on my phone, but my provider still allows voice mail. DH doesn't have her blocked.
There is no reason to call me. There is absolutely no way he doesn't want NC, otherwise he would be in contact. She's delulu so hard, she's almost on the other side of sanity again!
Anyhow, he didn't answer her, and I filed her message on my stalker app.
Btw we're NC because she crashed our wedding, and never felt wrong for it. Weddings are apparently sacred, you know?
Half a year prior, I went to the police to file her for stalking (charges dropped sadly). She's blocked on my phone, but my provider still allows voice mail. DH doesn't have her blocked.
There is no reason to call me. There is absolutely no way he doesn't want NC, otherwise he would be in contact. She's delulu so hard, she's almost on the other side of sanity again!
Anyhow, he didn't answer her, and I filed her message on my stalker app.
Btw we're NC because she crashed our wedding, and never felt wrong for it. Weddings are apparently sacred, you know?
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24points
#47
For Christmas one year, she gave me a size 5X full length flannel nightgown. At the time, I was a U.S. size 12.
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#48
She encourages her son’s to cheat on their SO, she’d occasionally get cheated on by her boyfriend and she’d punish him.. such a double standard, she should just let him cheat.. I laughed when I found out it happened. lol she should have held boundaries like I did. lol so glad to be away from their s**t.
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24points
#49
My MIL yelled at us because SOMEONE ELSE offered to let me and my husband sit next to each other. She told him I wasn’t divorced yet when we were moving in together (covid court delays). She would yell at my husband and repeatedly tell him he can’t tell me just to test that he would or wouldn’t. She told the family I stole him and was a**sing him, and she turned the last conversation about the time line of our adoption into a race between who could give them grandchildren first between us and BIL- who was jealous and bitter about us getting married before him. Oh also since my husband is now converting to Judaism, she has to repeatedly remind everyone he’s really an atheist so we got some light antisemitism to top it all off.
Bonus points: I got annoyed that I got sunburned once so FIL told me “I guess you’re just white anyway” I’m mixed race Jewish and Puerto Rican. He then said something about sunburns for the next year and a half every time he saw me.
Bonus points: I got annoyed that I got sunburned once so FIL told me “I guess you’re just white anyway” I’m mixed race Jewish and Puerto Rican. He then said something about sunburns for the next year and a half every time he saw me.
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22points
#50
When my LO was about 10 months old, MIL called DH several times to let him know she bought toys for LO to play with at her house. He thanked her every phone call. When we visited, she went on and on about buying toys for her house. All she had was a dollar store ball, and LO wasn’t interested in balls. Throughout the whole visit, MIL kept trying to get LO to play with the ball and telling her how lucky she was that MIL bought it for her and how MIL almost didn’t find that ball after looking all over the store for the perfect gift, and DH thanked her every time. When we left, she insisted that we take the ball home.
When LO was about 1 year, MIL bought her a puzzle more appropriate for a 2 or 3 year old (asymmetrical flowers with each petal carved out). LO wasn’t even doing simple shape puzzles yet. She kept trying to instruct LO across the room to put the pieces in the right place (which she had never yet done for even a simple shape) and then tried to put it in for her. MIL couldn’t even get the puzzle piece in the spot and she put the puzzle away unfinished in embarrassment.
When LO was about 1 year, MIL bought her a puzzle more appropriate for a 2 or 3 year old (asymmetrical flowers with each petal carved out). LO wasn’t even doing simple shape puzzles yet. She kept trying to instruct LO across the room to put the pieces in the right place (which she had never yet done for even a simple shape) and then tried to put it in for her. MIL couldn’t even get the puzzle piece in the spot and she put the puzzle away unfinished in embarrassment.
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20points