Mother-In-Law Gets Banned From Her Son's New Home After His New Wife Saw Her Hang A Wedding Photo Of Him and His Ex-Wife

One new homeowner thought the hardest part of settling in would be unpacking boxes, but her mother-in-law had other plans.

OP and her husband had just moved into their first home together, and while he was away for work, his mother stepped in to help. Instead of a simple favor, OP came home to a wall of framed family photos, including a wedding picture of her husband and his ex-wife, which quickly turned the whole house into a battleground.

By the time the argument was over, OP had banned her mother-in-law from the house, and the family drama was only getting started. Read on.

OP and her husband talked; he agrees that his mother should have known better, but OP overreacted when she banned her.

OP's husband tried to get OP to retract the ban and told her it was unfair to ban his mother from their home because it's also his house, not just OP's. However, OP is standing firm on the ban and is refusing to relent despite everyone telling her to just let it slide.

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Redditors were quick to point out the mother-in-law's real motives for hanging that photo

Catatomical

OP's husband needs a lesson about boundaries

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Somebody needs professional help, and it's not OP

yet_another_sock

The problem is not just the mother-in-law; the son also needs to reassess his relationship with his mom

Darktwistedlady

This echoes the OP who limited in-laws after they redecorated her house without permission.

Darktwistedlady

But OP was left alone, fighting for herself

SeldomSeenMe

And his ex's pictures to keep him company

Suspiciouscupcake23

If they have kids, then it's understandable, but sans kids? It's just weird

OneTwoWee000

Did you get a face transplant?

BackgroundStatement4

It's definitely not an accident

MCDexX

OP's husband is condoning it

brandilynn28

OP can't erase her husband's past, but they can erase her, at least in pictures

DisconnectTheDots

This is the way

Liss78

100% agree with this suggestion, and OP should really try it out

Bigtea420

Another possibility springs

MissTheWire

Yet this one takes the cake

EhhNo1Cares

This won't be the last time OP will be hearing from her mother-in-law

naynay2908

OP is fully aware of it and is made to feel like she was wrong

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OP's husband should just live with his mom

Melin_Lavendel_Rosa

We all accept that our partners have loved people in their past, and they do the same for our own history. Having an ex wasn't the problem here; it was the blatant disregard for OP's boundaries and the refusal to apologize for it.

Not only that, but they also managed to make OP feel like she was wrong for enforcing her boundaries. It's a classic a**hole move to label someone hysterical when they react appropriately to the awful thing you did.

Hopefully, OP realizes that she wasn't wrong for saying no to something she wasn't comfortable with. If her husband can't support her, at least she has other Reddit users to back her up.

Want more mother-in-law boundary drama, see how one couple rejected her redecorating push.