After giving her mother-in law a fake house key, a woman gets into a family feud.
A 34-year-old woman bought a new home recently with her 37 year-old husband. Although her mother-in law insisted that she have an emergency key for their home, she refused to give one to her because she already had one. “emergency key”We walked into the couple’s old apartment and saw them being “intimate” twice.
The mother-in-law insisting that the fake key would only be used in emergency situations, the woman gave it to her as a gift. However later, over Christmas dinner, it was revealed that the mom had tried to enter the house when there was no emergency – leading to her husband’s mother having a “meltdown”.
Posting to Reddit’s Am I The A**hole forum, the woman explained that her mother-in-law is “snoopy” “annoying”. The mother-in law insisted that she had a spare key when her husband bought a new house.
The woman wrote: “She promised that she only use it in an emergency but [given] the fact that she had an emergency key to our old apartment and walked in on us being intimate twice (but my husband didn’t think it was big deal) I just couldn’t trust her so I just sent her a fake key (after she kept pushing) and she had a smug on her face after I hand-delivered it to her.”
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Her mother-in law was with her over Christmas. “angrily”I called her out for the fact that she was given a false key.
The woman asked how she knows it’s fake, and the mother-in-law said she tried to enter the house while she and her husband were out.
She reminded her that she had promised to use the key only in an emergency. She accused her for breaking their agreement.
From there, the situation became worse.
She said: “She looked red in the face and the other family started staring and some even laughed at her for the face she made. She suddenly got up from her seat and rushed into the kitchen where she had a huge meltdown so loud the next door neighbours must’ve heard – literally I’ve never heard a 60+ year old woman throw a tantrum like that.”
Naturally, dinner got awkward and Redditor stated that her husband and his sister were coming over for dinner. “were giving [her] looks”.
And it wasn’t just the mother-in-law that was upset with her. Her husband also got upset.
She said: “My husband went off on me in the car and said I lied and manipulated and humiliated and exposed his mom and said he wouldn’t have let me get away with it had he known.
“We had an argument and he is demanding I apologise to his mom for my childish behaviour and for ruining Christmas dinner for the whole family.”
She ended the post by asking her if she handled the situation appropriately.
The top comment with more than 45,000 upvotes reads: “I’d rethink my marriage if my husband put his mother over me.”
Another person pointed out that her husband seemed to be having an affair. “no problem”Witnessing his wife humiliated before others while another accused him of “enabling and encouraging his mom’s demented behaviour.”
Commenting on the fact that she had walked in on them previously “intimate”One commenter has already expressed concern about the mother-in law twice before “now has free reign” since the behaviour wasn’t dealt with the first time she walked in. They encouraged Redditor to establish boundaries and possibly seek out marriage counseling. They also added: “Solve your husband problem and you will solve your MIL [mother-in-law] problem.”
Original poster stated that her husband eventually blamed her and then accused her of it. “overreacting”When he confronted her mother.
She wrote: “He blamed me one time for not locking the bedroom door which is something we never do and the second time for when she walked in on us making out in the living room. He said intimate stuff should happen in the bedroom just to be extra careful about people walking in aka his mom and saw no issue with her walking around in the apartment like she lived there.”
In an update, the original poster said she thought she’d show her husband “some pretty helpful comments”Follow the thread.
However, he was furious when he saw the picture and called her. “nuts”to talk about his family online.
She said: “He demanded my phone so he could delete it but I refused and I went upstairs and into the bedroom. [I’ve] never seen him so agitated and I didn’t think he’d react like that honestly.”
She ended the post by thanking everyone for their support and promising an update as soon as she can.
Although she hasn’t updated us yet, we’re left wondering how we’d handle this situation. What would your plan be?