And you think your mother-in-law is bad.
Last week, a Reddit user asked the public what the craziest thing their MIL had ever said or done to them.
The thread was swiftly inundated with terrifying anecdotes.
We’ve selected the 14 most shocking ones. They might make your jaw drop or you might be nodding along in recognition.
Here we go….
1. My ex MIL thought that only irrepressibly horny women wore tampons and that tampons could make you want sex too much so they were best avoided so as not to have illicit desires at improper times. She was appalled when I went grocery shopping with her sister and bought tampons. Apparently I embarrassed her. I wish I was joking.
2. I said the word “lesbian” during a conversation in front of my (now-ex) MIL and my then 2 year old daughter. MIL flipped out and yelled that I’d make my kid gay if I said that word in front of her too many times.
Facebook5. My MIL is extremely negative and can find fault with anything. When she stays with us it's a nonstop litany of complaints. My favourite example was when we went to the Holocaust Museum for an exhibit on Nazi propaganda art. When we came out, an employee of the museum asked us what we thought of the exhibit. My MIL told him, "It wasn't my cup of tea. Too depressing, and I think there was too much about Hitler."
6. My MIL stole a stack of our wedding invitations to send to her friends that we weren't inviting. We wanted a small, intimate wedding with only people we knew and loved. I hardly knew a soul there.
Top Comments
Um... She stocked her freezer with food for you? I think she was trying to be sweet in that one.
People hate on MILs too much. Many wed couples get along great with their spouse's mother. My parents did, that's for sure.
Number 7 made me LOL because it's almost my identical situation! Just to top it all off, she paid a visit to my mum whilst we were on honeymoon to express her grievances on why her son had chosen to marry me (because she genuinely believed I wasn't good enough for him - yep she told my mum that).
12 years later when our son came along, she too came crawling back. No more awful aggressive letters and texts being sent to us or crazy, manic outbursts and she behaves herself so it doesn't jeopardise seeing her grandson - which we are happy to accommodate as long as we don't ever deal with what we had to, again.