Woman Refuses to Stay with Her In-Laws After Her MIL Put Essential Oil, from an MLM Company, in Her CPAP Machine

Some family visits come with awkward dinner conversations, but this one came with a CPAP machine and a serious boundary crossing. A woman on Reddit says her mother-in-law put essential oil from an MLM company into her medical device without asking, and that was enough to make the whole trip go sideways.

The poster says the tampering left her furious and unwilling to stay with her in-laws again. Her husband, though, thinks she overreacted because his mother was offended, which only made the situation messier. What started as a health scare quickly turned into a family argument about respect, safety, and who gets to decide what goes into medical equipment.

Now the internet is weighing in, and the verdict is not looking good for the mother-in-law.

The Essential Oil-Obsessed Mother-in-Law

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The Start of the Problem

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The Reasons Why the Original Poster Was Upset

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So, Is She the Health Expert Now? She's Merely Pushing the Use of Her Products, Which Is Completely Unreasonable.

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That is where the story really starts to get messy.

A Redditor Is Concerned for the Original Poster’s Safety.

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The Husband and the MIL Need to Be Seriously Educated.

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Even Health Professionals Are Backing Up the Original Poster.

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Essential Oil in a CPAP Is Like Vaping.

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A True Story on Why People Should Not Put Essential Oils in Their CPAP.

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Even Essential Oils Can Kill.

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They're Good for House Cleaning, but Potentially Lethal If Used Incorrectly.

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The MIL Did Not Even Apologize. What If Something Happened to Her Daughter-in-Law?

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People in the comments were not impressed.

It’s the same kind of pressure as when a daughter-in-law refused to fund her mother-in-law’s lavish spa business pitch.

Am I Wrong for Declining to Fund My Mother-in-Laws Lavish Spa Business?.

Even Other Redditors Wouldn't Dare Stay with the MIL If They Were in Such a Situation.

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Stupidity Can Kill.

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What to Say to the Husband

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The Redditors Clearly Did Not Like the Husband's Reaction.

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It Could Have Been Worse. Good Thing She Noticed Something Was Wrong with the Equipment.

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Essential Oils Can Cause Pneumonia When Used in a CPAP.

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It Can Even Lead to a Lung Transplant.

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The comments kept getting more intense from there.

Perhaps It's Time for the Doctor's Input on the Matter.

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That's Why These Pyramid Schemes Are Not Good.

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Dangerous to Health and Wallet

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Others Believe the Husband Is a Mama's Boy.

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The MIL Should Have Paid for the Replacements.

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They Need to Understand the Risks.

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MIL Needs to Stop Pushing the Use of Her Essential Oils on Her Daughter-in-Law.

We all know she means well, but her ignorance could endanger the lives of people, not just her daughter-in-law.

The MIL needs to understand that only distilled water should be used in the CPAP machine; nothing else.

That family visit probably won't be repeated anytime soon.

Before you take a “family first” stance, read how someone refused a newborn visit over secondhand smoke.

AITA for Refusing to Visit Friends Newborn Due to Secondhand Smoke Concerns.