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In an ideal world, when you marry into a family you&#39;re welcomed into the fold with open arms.But in reality, keeping the peace with the in-laws can be a full-time job.All it takes is one persistent source of tension to sour an otherwise solid connection with a parent-in-law, and Reddit is full of examples of this.<h2>In a popular <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/100zdwz/aita_for_calling_my_mil_gross_disgusting_and_nasty/" target="_blank">post on the AITA subreddit</a>, a woman asked if she was wrong for calling her mother-in-law &quot;disgusting and nasty&quot; after receiving a loaded accusation.</h2>She wrote:<blockquote> AITA for calling my MIL gross, disgusting and nasty?​​​​​​ </blockquote><blockquote> My son doesn&rsquo;t look like my husband. My husband has blue eyes, black hair, is shorter, and is pale as a ghost. My son has green eyes, dirty blonde hair, is tall, and is quite tan. The only thing he gets from me is the hair colour. </blockquote><blockquote> He&rsquo;s an exact copy of my little brother who passed away when he was 19. It&rsquo;s a bit strange at times especially since he acts a lot like my brother as well. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> They like the same sports, have the same personality and style, and my son&rsquo;s ex-girlfriend looks exactly like my brother&rsquo;s ex-girlfriend. My husband knows these things and doesn&rsquo;t love our son any less. </blockquote><blockquote> His mother, however, is still suspicious. It&rsquo;s been 17 years but she still sometimes suggests that our son isn&rsquo;t his. Despite this, she&rsquo;s never done anything to our son and he loves his grandma. </blockquote><blockquote> Anyways, we spent Christmas with my family and decided to hang out with my in-laws for New Years. I didn&rsquo;t think MIL would say anything about my son&rsquo;s &ldquo;real&rdquo; father since she hasn&rsquo;t for a while now but boy was I wrong. </blockquote><blockquote> It was even worse this time. My son is allergic to peanuts. My brother was too. And so was my dad. Since peanuts are a common allergy, my MIL never asked if my brother had this allergy too. I never told her either. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> My son, daughter and MIL were all talking and somehow the topic of allergies came up. They mentioned how my father is allergic to peanuts. My MIL said &ldquo;really? Him too?&rdquo; My daughter said &quot;yeah and so was our uncle&quot; (my brother). </blockquote><blockquote> My MIL&rsquo;s face dropped and she got up, stomped up to me and said she&rsquo;s had it. That she didn&rsquo;t want to say this but she only has one logical explanation as to why my son is nothing like her son and exactly like my brother. </blockquote><blockquote> I&rsquo;m not repeating her exact words but I interrupted her mid-sentence and called her gross, disgusting, and downright nasty. I told my husband I was over this, he agreed and we left. </blockquote><blockquote> She&rsquo;s been texting me since saying that she&rsquo;s sorry, but I &quot;had no right to insult her&quot; like that when even I find the similarities strange. She told me that she&rsquo;s likely not the only one to have though it which ew. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> I just feel so insulted and gross. She&rsquo;s saying I&rsquo;m overreacting. AITA for what I said? </blockquote><blockquote> My brother was 19 and I was 29 when he passed. I got pregnant around the same time. She was referring to my brother, not my father. </blockquote>The internet jumped onto this thread with a swiftness.<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Gato1486/">Gato1486</a> wrote:<blockquote> Wait, wait...did she seriously insinuate your child is the product of incest with your deceased brother? At CHRISTMAS? IN FRONT OF THE CHILD IN QUESTION? </blockquote><blockquote> Holy moly, NTA OP. I applaud your restraint for not flying across the table to beat her over the head with a book on genetics. </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CarrieCat62/">CarrieCat62</a> wrote: <blockquote> NTA. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> Wait a sec - she thinks the &#39;REAL FATHER&quot; is your deceased Brother?!?!!? Gross, disgusting and nasty sums that up pretty well. </blockquote><blockquote> That&#39;s horrible. Also, I doubt others really think this - if she&#39;s discussed this with anybody - it sounds more like MIL is talking crazy and they&#39;d likely just of wanted her to drop the subject. Good for your husband for having your back. </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/robobskii/">robobskii</a> wrote: <blockquote> NTA. Genetics be strange sometimes, not everything is a sinister plot from some poorly written TV show. Props to your Husband for having your back against his mother. Tell her to stick to watching Colombo re-runs. </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mrs_Naive_/">Mrs_Naive_</a> wrote:<blockquote> How can someone be delusional to the extent of accusing someone else not only for cheating but also incest, and then saying the other person is overreacting for getting offended? NTA. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/albomonstera/">albomonstera</a> wrote:<blockquote> NTA. If I&rsquo;m reading between the lines correctly, her suggestion is appalling. </blockquote><blockquote> And in front of your son! I would tell her in no uncertain terms that you will not be able to spend time with her (and neither will your son/children) until she makes a big change. </blockquote>There&#39;s no universe in which OP is TA in this situation, but there are several universes where the creepy MIL got a proper smack in the face.<div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman snaps at 'disgusting and nasty' MIL after being accused of cheating with brother.

In an ideal world, when you marry into a family you&#39;re welcomed into the fold with open arms.But in reality, keeping the peace with the in-laws can be a full-time job.All it takes is one persistent source of tension to sour an otherwise solid connection with a parent-in-law, and Reddit is full of examples of this.In a popular post on the AITA subreddit, a woman asked if she was wrong for calling her mother-in-law &quot;disgusting and nasty&quot; after receiving a loaded accusation.She wrote: AITA for calling my MIL gross, disgusting and nasty?​​​​​​  My son doesn&rsquo;t look like my husband. My husband has blue eyes, black hair, is shorter, and is pale as a ghost. My son has green eyes, dirty blonde hair, is tall, and is quite tan. The only thing he gets from me is the hair colour.  He&rsquo;s an exact copy of my little brother who passed away when he was 19. It&rsquo;s a bit strange at times especially since he acts a lot like my brother as well.  They like the same sports, have the same personality and style, and my son&rsquo;s ex-girlfriend looks exactly like my brother&rsquo;s ex-girlfriend. My husband knows these things and doesn&rsquo;t love our son any less.  His mother, however, is still suspicious. It&rsquo;s been 17 years but she still sometimes suggests that our son isn&rsquo;t his. Despite this, she&rsquo;s never done anything to our son and he loves his grandma.  Anyways, we spent Christmas with my family and decided to hang out with my in-laws for New Years. I didn&rsquo;t think MIL would say anything about my son&rsquo;s &ldquo;real&rdquo; father since she hasn&rsquo;t for a while now but boy was I wrong.  It was even worse this time. My son is allergic to peanuts. My brother was too. And so was my dad. Since peanuts are a common allergy, my MIL never asked if my brother had this allergy too. I never told her either.  My son, daughter and MIL were all talking and somehow the topic of allergies came up. They mentioned how my father is allergic to peanuts. My MIL said &ldquo;really? Him too?&rdquo; My daughter said &quot;yeah and so was our uncle&quot; (my brother).  My MIL&rsquo;s face dropped and she got up, stomped up to me and said she&rsquo;s had it. That she didn&rsquo;t want to say this but she only has one logical explanation as to why my son is nothing like her son and exactly like my brother.  I&rsquo;m not repeating her exact words but I interrupted her mid-sentence and called her gross, disgusting, and downright nasty. I told my husband I was over this, he agreed and we left.  She&rsquo;s been texting me since saying that she&rsquo;s sorry, but I &quot;had no right to insult her&quot; like that when even I find the similarities strange. She told me that she&rsquo;s likely not the only one to have though it which ew.  I just feel so insulted and gross. She&rsquo;s saying I&rsquo;m overreacting. AITA for what I said?  My brother was 19 and I was 29 when he passed. I got pregnant around the same time. She was referring to my brother, not my father. The internet jumped onto this thread with a swiftness.Gato1486 wrote: Wait, wait...did she seriously insinuate your child is the product of incest with your deceased brother? At CHRISTMAS? IN FRONT OF THE CHILD IN QUESTION?  Holy moly, NTA OP. I applaud your restraint for not flying across the table to beat her over the head with a book on genetics. CarrieCat62 wrote:  NTA.  Wait a sec - she thinks the &#39;REAL FATHER&quot; is your deceased Brother?!?!!? Gross, disgusting and nasty sums that up pretty well.  That&#39;s horrible. Also, I doubt others really think this - if she&#39;s discussed this with anybody - it sounds more like MIL is talking crazy and they&#39;d likely just of wanted her to drop the subject. Good for your husband for having your back. robobskii wrote:  NTA. Genetics be strange sometimes, not everything is a sinister plot from some poorly written TV show. Props to your Husband for having your back against his mother. Tell her to stick to watching Colombo re-runs. Mrs_Naive_ wrote: How can someone be delusional to the extent of accusing someone else not only for cheating but also incest, and then saying the other person is overreacting for getting offended? NTA. albomonstera wrote: NTA. If I&rsquo;m reading between the lines correctly, her suggestion is appalling.  And in front of your son! I would tell her in no uncertain terms that you will not be able to spend time with her (and neither will your son/children) until she makes a big change. There&#39;s no universe in which OP is TA in this situation, but there are several universes where the creepy MIL got a proper smack in the face.

In an ideal world, when you marry into a family you&#39;re welcomed into the fold with open arms.  But in reality, keeping the peace with the in-laws can be a full-time job.  All it takes is one persistent source of tension to sour an...