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<h2>Tension with the in-laws isn&#39;t always as dramatic as it is in family romantic comedies about holiday hijinx and hilarity, but a mother-in-law&#39;s sprinkle of salt can certainly ruin the car ride home from Thanksgiving...</h2><p>While parents usually want what&#39;s best for their adult children when it comes to their relationships, some parents can&#39;t seem to trust that they raised a person who is capable of making their own decisions. Unless the partner your kid brings home is a living, breathing red flag of abuse or toxic behavior (like patting pizza), keeping your opinions to yourself is always the most peaceful approach.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Float like a butterfly, sting like your mother-in-law&#39;s passive aggressive comments</p>&mdash; ShayShayallday (@shaykitallabout) <a href="https://twitter.com/shaykitallabout/status/1006626152134402050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>If drama is unavoidable though, it can sting even more when your partner refuses to defend you while you take a constant string of hits from his mother who doesn&#39;t know she has a thunderous whisper. She can hear you, Linda!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fuck sake… Now I’ve got to spend Christmas with the mother-in-law. <a href="https://t.co/icuVBIGOxQ">pic.twitter.com/icuVBIGOxQ</a></p>&mdash; No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1474433108942462983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Being curious and invested in your kids lives even when they&#39;re all grown up is normal, but conducting your own one-woman private investigation by breaking into their home is a whole new level of disrespect. So, when a frustrated woman decided to consult the online courtroom of moral philosophy otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole&quot; about whether or not she was wrong to &quot;expose&quot; her nosy mother-in-law&#39;s lies at Christmas, people were quick to help deem a verdict.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An advent calendar but each day a passive aggressive note from my mother-in-law.</p>&mdash; Marnie (@offbeatoliv) <a href="https://twitter.com/offbeatoliv/status/1192130538980679680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/rrjhmz/aita_for_giving_my_mil_a_fake_copy_of_my_house/">AITA</a> (Am I the As*hole) for giving my mother-in-law a fake copy of my house key and &quot;exposing&quot; her on Christmas dinner?</h2><blockquote> <p>I wanna preface this by saying that I (F34) married my husband (M37) a year ago. His mom is snoopy and annoying af. She can&#39;t help it that is just how she is as my dear in laws say.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>My husband and I purchased a new house recently. My MIL kept pushing to get an emergency key, she promised that she only use it in an emergency but giving the fact that she had an emergency key to our old apartment and walked in on us being intimate twice (but my husband didn&#39;t think it was big deal) I just couldn&#39;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.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Days gone by and on Christmas dinner, MIL angrily &quot;called me out&quot; on the fact I gave her a fake copy of the house key. She shamed me for doing this in front of everyone but in my defense, I asked her how she found out and she said days ago when she came over at 4 while my husband and were out.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I reminded her &quot;didn&#39;t you promise you wouldn&#39;t use it unless there&#39;s an emergency? So you tried to get in when there was no emergency and you broke the promise you made to us!&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>She looked red in the face and the other family started staring and some even laughed at her for the face she made.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote> <p>She suddenly got up from her seat and rushed into the kitchen where she had a huge meltdown so loud the next door neighbors must&#39;ve heard - literally I&#39;ve never heard a 60+ year old woman throw a tantrum like that.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Needless to say dinner went awkward and my husband and his sister were giving me looks. 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&#39;t have let me get away with it had he known. We had an argument and he is demanding I apologize to his mom for my childish behavior and for ruining Christmas dinner for the whole family. AITA?</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Here&#39;s what the jury of internet strangers had to say:</h2><blockquote> <p>NTA (Not the As*hole). I&#39;d rethink my marriage of my husband put his mother over me. - You&#39;retheAH</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA. But your husbands seems to have NO Problem of you being humiliated and shamed infront of people. He seems to have NO regards to your need of privacy and dignity. - CakeEatingRabbit</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA. You DID expose his mom, and rightfully so. She needed to be exposed. Your husband is out of his mind for enabling and encouraging his mom&#39;s demented behavior. - VinnyCapistrano</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA, she exposed and humiliated herself when she tried to expose and humiliate YOU. I wonder why your husband was on her side though... she should be the one that apologizes. - ijustwanttoaq123</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA. A perfect trap, ensnaring only the guilty MIL who finished it by trying to make a scene at Christmas dinner. <em>chef&#39;s kiss - </em>Doctor_Boombastic</p> </blockquote><h2>So, there you have it!</h2><p>Everyone agreed that this woman wasn&#39;t at all wrong to call her mother-in-law out, even if she did have to play a little dirty by forging a key to her own home. While she shouldn&#39;t feel guilty for her mother-in-law&#39;s temper tantrum that &quot;ruined&quot; Christmas, she clearly has some deeper issues to work out with her husband. Good luck, everyone!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman asks if she was wrong to 'ruin' Christmas by exposing mother-in-law's snooping.

Tension with the in-laws isn&#39;t always as dramatic as it is in family romantic comedies about holiday hijinx and hilarity, but a mother-in-law&#39;s sprinkle of salt can certainly ruin the car ride home from Thanksgiving...While parents usually want what&#39;s best for their adult children when it comes to their relationships, some parents can&#39;t seem to trust that they raised a person who is capable of making their own decisions. Unless the partner your kid brings home is a living, breathing red flag of abuse or toxic behavior (like patting pizza), keeping your opinions to yourself is always the most peaceful approach.Float like a butterfly, sting like your mother-in-law&#39;s passive aggressive comments&mdash; ShayShayallday (@shaykitallabout) June 12, 2018 If drama is unavoidable though, it can sting even more when your partner refuses to defend you while you take a constant string of hits from his mother who doesn&#39;t know she has a thunderous whisper. She can hear you, Linda!Fuck sake… Now I’ve got to spend Christmas with the mother-in-law. pic.twitter.com/icuVBIGOxQ&mdash; No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) December 24, 2021 Being curious and invested in your kids lives even when they&#39;re all grown up is normal, but conducting your own one-woman private investigation by breaking into their home is a whole new level of disrespect. So, when a frustrated woman decided to consult the online courtroom of moral philosophy otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole&quot; about whether or not she was wrong to &quot;expose&quot; her nosy mother-in-law&#39;s lies at Christmas, people were quick to help deem a verdict.An advent calendar but each day a passive aggressive note from my mother-in-law.&mdash; Marnie (@offbeatoliv) November 6, 2019 AITA (Am I the As*hole) for giving my mother-in-law a fake copy of my house key and &quot;exposing&quot; her on Christmas dinner? I wanna preface this by saying that I (F34) married my husband (M37) a year ago. His mom is snoopy and annoying af. She can&#39;t help it that is just how she is as my dear in laws say.   My husband and I purchased a new house recently. My MIL kept pushing to get an emergency key, she promised that she only use it in an emergency but giving the fact that she had an emergency key to our old apartment and walked in on us being intimate twice (but my husband didn&#39;t think it was big deal) I just couldn&#39;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.    Days gone by and on Christmas dinner, MIL angrily &quot;called me out&quot; on the fact I gave her a fake copy of the house key. She shamed me for doing this in front of everyone but in my defense, I asked her how she found out and she said days ago when she came over at 4 while my husband and were out.    I reminded her &quot;didn&#39;t you promise you wouldn&#39;t use it unless there&#39;s an emergency? So you tried to get in when there was no emergency and you broke the promise you made to us!&quot;   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 neighbors must&#39;ve heard - literally I&#39;ve never heard a 60+ year old woman throw a tantrum like that.    Needless to say dinner went awkward and my husband and his sister were giving me looks. 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&#39;t have let me get away with it had he known. We had an argument and he is demanding I apologize to his mom for my childish behavior and for ruining Christmas dinner for the whole family. AITA? Here&#39;s what the jury of internet strangers had to say: NTA (Not the As*hole). I&#39;d rethink my marriage of my husband put his mother over me. - You&#39;retheAH   NTA. But your husbands seems to have NO Problem of you being humiliated and shamed infront of people. He seems to have NO regards to your need of privacy and dignity. - CakeEatingRabbit   NTA. You DID expose his mom, and rightfully so. She needed to be exposed. Your husband is out of his mind for enabling and encouraging his mom&#39;s demented behavior. - VinnyCapistrano   NTA, she exposed and humiliated herself when she tried to expose and humiliate YOU. I wonder why your husband was on her side though... she should be the one that apologizes. - ijustwanttoaq123   NTA. A perfect trap, ensnaring only the guilty MIL who finished it by trying to make a scene at Christmas dinner. chef&#39;s kiss - Doctor_Boombastic So, there you have it!Everyone agreed that this woman wasn&#39;t at all wrong to call her mother-in-law out, even if she did have to play a little dirty by forging a key to her own home. While she shouldn&#39;t feel guilty for her mother-in-law&#39;s temper tantrum that &quot;ruined&quot; Christmas, she clearly has some deeper issues to work out with her husband. Good luck, everyone!

Tension with the in-laws isn&#39;t always as dramatic as it is in family romantic comedies about holiday hijinx and hilarity, but a mother-in-law&#39;s sprinkle of salt can certainly ruin the car ride home from Thanksgiving...  While...