Some mothers-in-law are a law unto themselves. This one feels she has the right to a ring given to a young woman.
The Gift From Her Husband’s Grandmother
The woman shared how her hubby’s nana isn’t too fond of her own daughter and granddaughter and, instead, wanted her grandson to have her wedding ring.
“It’s a solitary diamond surrounded by small rubies on a gold band and his grandmother had it as her wedding ring and it had been passed through the family since the mid-1700s.”
The Ring Was A Surprise Gift For Their Wedding
But it seems not everyone was too happy about it.
“When he was first putting it on my finger at the wedding, we could hear a very loud, ‘What the hell is that’ from his mother when she first saw what it was.”
She Spent The Rest Of The Wedding Plotting Her Revenge
The woman noticed her new mother-in-law couldn’t quite get over the ring being given to someone else.
“MIL spent the rest of the wedding and the reception staring at the ring on my finger, I’m sure just trying to figure out how to get it.”
She Tried To Find A Way To Steal It
The mother-in-law had clearly made it her crusade to try and get her hands on the ring.
“A couple of weeks later, we were over at her place for dinner and she kept insisting I take it off while helping to clean up, so it wouldn’t get damaged and put it somewhere ‘safe,’ like her jewelry chest upstairs. I declined and kept it on.”
She Looked For Any Opportunity
It became obvious that this woman would stop at nothing to steal the ring.
“A few weeks later, she was over at our house for dinner when she saw I wasn’t wearing it because I had just been gardening, and she asked why I wasn’t wearing it. I told her and she suddenly had to go use the bathroom and went upstairs.”
She Lied And Said She Couldn’t Find The Bathroom
The young woman knew exactly what her mother-in-law was up to.
“I was suspicious, so [I] quietly went up to check, only to find her trying to force our bedroom door open. As soon as she saw me, she said she couldn’t find the bathroom, to which I pointed at the open door and the obvious bathroom that she would have had to pass to get to our bedroom.”
She Took Preventative Measures To Protect The Heirloom
The newly-wedded woman was no fool and took precautions to stow the ring safely away for whenever the sticky-fingered mother-in-law was around.
“Even if she had forced the door open, my ring was in the safe in there and only I have the combination.”
Obvious Child Favoritism
She goes on to explain why she thinks the woman is so hellbent on getting hold of the ring.
“I don’t think she wanted it for herself, but for her daughter (my sister-in-law), as my sister-in-law is one of the most spoiled, entitled people I have ever met. She whines about my husband having something but doesn’t want to put in the work to get it, but my MIL is more than happy to get it for her.”
No One To Put Her In Her Place
The sharer has never met her father-in-law, as he passed away before she met her partner, so there’s no one to step in and correct this woman’s behavior.
“My husband has said that ever since his dad died, his mom has spoiled his sister constantly while he has had to work hard for everything he has.”
Entitled, Rotten Child
It’s clear that the mother-in-law favors her daughter over her son, and it’s had an impact on the sister’s attitude and behavior.
“SIL even got mad that my husband and I got a ‘free’ trip to Hawaii for our honeymoon (my parents paid for it; it was their wedding gift to us) and threw a fit that she couldn’t go to Hawaii, so MIL bought her one right after we got back.”
She Needed To Tell Someone
The woman can’t quite believe the gall of her mother-in-law, so she shared her story to an online community.
Here’s what the community had to say about these shenanigans.
Grandma Needs To Pipe Up
It’s rather obvious why the grandmother favored her grandaughter-in-law, and she needs to put her foot down with her daughter.
One user said this: “I’m sorry you married into this family. Ugh. Can Grandma tell your MIL that she wanted YOU to have it? That’s awful to have to hide your damn wedding ring from your MIL!”
She Needs To Take Legal Action
Users suggested the woman take a few steps to ensure this property is legally hers and protected at all costs.
“I like the idea of engraving it, but also have it appraised and entered into the property on insurance. This should establish it ‘on paper’ as your property.”
A Back-handed Gift Suggestion
One user had the ultimate idea of both appeasing and taunting her awful inlaws.
“Make two cheap copies of the ring and give them to MIL and SIL as Christmas presents ‘this way, you guys can also enjoy the family ring’. Have a decoy copy for yourself to wear around them.”
What do you make of this story? What would you do?
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