Shocking Story: Husband Chooses Mother Over Wife and Child on Valentine’s Day
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Valentine’s Day Betrayal
This Reddit user had to learn the hard way that her husband would always choose his mother over his spouse and child. The husband went against an agreement he made with his wife to cut his mother out of their lives for something despicable she did to their baby girl.
A Betrayal Unfolds
Taking to Reddit on the night before Valentine’s Day, 2024, a 31-year-old married woman noted how her husband informed her he’d go to work on the special day. The original poster’s (OP) husband apologized, explaining his boss called him in for an extra shift due to being short-staffed.
The Surprising Encounter
OP revealed her husband had been working for the same company for nine years, with his schedule and lunch break remaining from 10 a.m. until eight at night ever since. The Reddit user shared that her car was in the shop and wasn’t due for completion until February 16th, but the mechanic finished early and called her at around 11 a.m. to fetch it.
A Shocking Revelation
Since the shop wasn’t far, OP walked to it with her infant daughter before driving to a gas station that has a small restaurant inside. To her surprise, she saw her husband’s truck outside, who worked 45 minutes away from the establishment in the opposite direction.
The Unexpected Encounter
OP noted it couldn’t have been his lunch break because of his standard and unchanging schedule. She went inside and saw him sitting with his mother, which left OP shocked because she and her husband had decided to go “no contact” with her mother-in-law (MIL) a month before.
The Confrontation
The decision was made after the grandmother slapped her infant granddaughter in the face, leaving a red mark because the baby bit down on the woman’s arm while teething. OP walked up to their table and asked her husband how work was, and he got up and replied:
“I’m sorry, I just wanted to have lunch with my mom for Valentine’s Day.”
The Aftermath
The Redditor asked her spouse if he wished to have lunch with the “witch” who slapped their infant daughter across her face. She told him to go ahead and enjoy his lunch but not to return home as he could stay with his “mommy.”
A Shocking Revelation
The mother of one’s husband later texted her, complaining that the two couples who were sitting close by started giving him and his mother ugly looks. He even revealed that one of them gasped, saying “Oh my God,” while his mother gave OP dirty looks.
Dire Straits
When she left the restaurant, her husband followed her to her car and stated, “It’s not like I’m allowing her around our daughter.” He claimed he shouldn’t have to lie about having lunch with his mother and felt the whole thing was “pathetic.”
Marital Strife
OP’s husband then called her out for embarrassing him in front of the whole restaurant. She replied, telling him that he should be more embarrassed by hanging out with a child abuser before getting into her car and leaving.
The Twist
Going into their joint bank account, she froze it after seeing that a $400 purchase had gone off from her MIL’s favorite antique shop, meaning OP’s husband had bought her a gift. The mother of one turned the account off because she felt more than half of the money was hers as she also worked full-time, earning $9 more per hour than her husband.
Community Outpour
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