A man was looking forward to a hard-earned vacation until his morbidly obese mother-in-law ruined their trip by causing a medical emergency. As his mother-in-law refuses to try and lose weight, he told his wife he wouldn’t go on holiday with her again unless she makes some serious changes.
He and his wife planned a vacation
He and his wife had been together for nearly two years. The couple had planned a vacation to a town 800km away and decided to meet her parents at the hotel on the day of arrival. The itinerary was for four days, and he had booked and put down an advance for everything, from the hotel to the local transport, private waterfalls, and a bunch of other fun activities.
They had been telling the mother-in-law to lose weight
His wife’s mother is morbidly obese and can barely walk half a step at a time. He and his wife have been telling her to reduce her weight and do some physical activity that she can, like walking and stretching. They also encouraged her to cut down on calorie intake as she keeps munching on chips and chocolates. All of this would have prepared her for the fun trip.
His mother-in-law kept making excuses
His mother-in-law kept making excuses, saying that as she was diabetic, she would get ‘dizzy’ if she stopped eating those foods. This turned into huge arguments, even with her husband, and she still refused to even try to improve her lifestyle and cut down her food intake.
His mother-in-law fell over
His mother-in-law constantly required at least one person to be with her for ‘support’ when getting in and out of cars. On the first day of the vacation, he and his wife had already arrived at the hotel when they heard the news of an accident. Somehow, getting into a cab, his mother-in-law fell and broke her hip.
They headed to a local clinic
They rushed her to a local clinic to get first aid and some emergency scans, which showed that she had definitely broken her hip. Getting her into the ambulance was difficult, as it took four people just to lift her from the ground onto a stretcher.
They had to book an ambulance
As they couldn’t get anything more than first aid at the local clinic and his mother-in-law needed immediate care for the broken bone, they had to book an extremely expensive ambulance. They ditched all their plans, loaded up their luggage, and traveled back to admit her to the hospital.
The trip was more expensive than they could have imagined
He lost most of their reservation, ticket, and accommodation costs for the trip. Not only this, but they had first aid, ambulance, and hospital-related charges on their shoulders while they waited for his mother-in-law’s surgery.
His wife mentioned planning another trip
He was initially involved in getting his mother-in-law to a good hospital. However, when his wife mentioned planning another trip when her mother was better, he started to lose his patience big time. He couldn’t face another stressful or ruined trip.
He told his wife he wouldn’t go on another trip with her mother
In response to his wife’s comment about another trip, he responded by saying he wouldn’t go anywhere with his mother-in-law the way that she currently is. He said he wouldn’t consider vacationing with her until she turned her life around and lost a lot of weight so she won’t be a burden to everyone around her.
His wife defended her mother
His wife told him he was being unfair and that her mother was only fat because of her ‘medical complications.’ He felt this was not true because even the attending orthopedic doctor told her subtly way that the break could have been avoided if she was 20kg lighter.
He was mad
He was really mad because he’d lost so much money on the trip he’d spent a long time saving up for. The physical burden had also really gotten to him as he’d had to travel on a cramped ambulance for 12 hours on bad roads. He was at his witts ends.
Even when healed, his mother-in-law was a state
His mother-in-law had her surgery and went into recovery. However, due to her weight, even when fully recovered, her leg would only be able to take 30% of her body weight. This means she won’t ever be able to use her leg as a weight bearer until she loses a significant amount of weight. If she wants to walk normally again, she needs to lose 20-30kgs and build up her muscle strength to aid the bone and joints.
He turned to the internet for advice
He feels the verdict the doctors gave makes it clear that his mother-in-law needs to take losing weight seriously. However, his wife thinks he’s the bad guy for saying he won’t vacation with her mum and that she’s a burden on everyone. He turned to an internet forum to get an outside opinion on whether his decision was fair or not.
The internet responded
One internet forum reader replied, “Why do you even bother to have parents on a trip? Don’t you need some ‘you’ time, as in married couple, time? Tell your wife if she is so keen on vacationing with her family, you will fully support her and wish her luck while staying at home for some boy’s weekend with friends… I mean, she is free to babysit her mother. But you are entitled to some rest as well.”
Another commentator responded, “I do think saying she’s a burden on everyone around her is harsh. However, I would be steaming about losing my holiday, and you are right that she should try and lose weight, and I think you’re within your rights not to holiday with someone who would hold you back with activities anyway.”
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