A woman’s already weakened connection with her “snake” of a mother-in-law is taking its toll on her marriage, so she consulted an online community about declining to compromise on the MIL’s latest outrageous demands.
Everybody Hates Her.
This woman’s husband’s entire family does not like the mother-in-law in question.
“I’ve never had a good relationship with my MIL, nor has anyone else from her husband’s side of the family, due to her gold-digging nature. She is getting divorced and is demanding a new house, a car, and an absurd monthly salary from her soon-to-be ex-husband.”
She Thinks She’s Above Employment.
The mother-in-law refuses to find a job because she has zero work ethic.
“Her husband, her two kids, everyone on her husband’s side of the family, and I have been pleading with her to find a job for the past five years and she refuses to listen because she doesn’t believe she ‘should work.’”
She Is A Wretched Woman.
There has been no love lost between the woman and her MIL from the word go.
“When we got married, we received gifts from everyone but nothing from her. She never celebrated her son’s birthday for all 8 years I’ve been with him, although she threw her daughter’s birthday parties every other year.”
Money Is Really Tight.
She explains that while she and her husband work, there’s little-to-no disposable income.
“We pay for everything we need month by month, and at the end of every month, we are left with no money to splurge or even have a savings account. Some months I’ve had to pick up another side job even to be able to pay the bills.”
She Demanded An Expensive Gift.
Despite the mother-in-law making no effort with her son or his wife, she expects them to shell out for an extravagant birthday present.
“Out of nowhere, she sent him an image of a gold bracelet and demanded he buy it for her. I said no, go buy her flowers or a plant for her to put in her house.”
They Put Their Foot Down.
The couple has flatly refused to pay for the bracelet, but her husband wants to treat his mother nonetheless.
“My husband said he would not get her the gold bracelet, which is great, but then said he would take her out for dinner. Whenever she is out, she orders so much food, only to eat a little of everything and not finish it. So I said no to that as well because I do not want to spend 50-100 dollars on a dinner for her.”
She Doesn’t Deserve It.
The woman resents spending her hard-earned money on this awful human.
“I am working and putting my entire salary into my and my husband’s life and our house for us to be able to survive, and I do not want to spend such an amount of money on a gold-digging MIL when she refuses to lift her finger and do any work for a salary.”
She And Her Hubby Have Clashed Heads.
The woman says she’s refusing to spend her money – which she busts her butt for – on dinner for MIL – but her husband thinks she’s being unreasonable.
“I do not need to work my backside off and have a salary for her to get a free meal off of my and my husband’s money, especially when someone demands you get them a specific expensive gift.”
Her Ex-husband Stepped In.
The man’s father gave his son and daughter-in-law 300 bucks to buy the gift for the MIL, but even so, the woman is reluctant.
“I want my husband to let his mom know that it was not our money and that it came from her husband so she doesn’t think that she can ask us for money whenever or think that we have extra money to spend on her.”
She Wants To Know If She’s Being Unreasonable.
The woman logged onto an online community forum to ask if she was wrong for refusing to buy her mom-in-law a gift.
Here’s what the community had to say.
Well Within Her Rights To Refuse This Nonsense.
Users informed the woman she wasn’t wrong and that the MIL didn’t deserve that money being spent on her – irrespective of where it came from.
“NTA and I would have told him not to accept the money and just get her a small gift.”
Father-in-law Needs To Back Off.
While the MIL’s behavior is abhorrent, the father-in-law isn’t doing anyone any favors.
“FIL is enabling her greed. The husband should return the money to FIL and tell him he will only get his greedy mother a card, and that’s it.”
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