Redditor's Mother-In-Law Is Such A Karen For Snooping Into Their Private Things And Confronting His Wife About What She Found
It was just absurd for the mother-in-law to criticize something that's natural between a married couple.
Marrying is not just a unification with someone you love and want to spend the rest of your life with; it will always involve your significant other's family.
Unfortunately, not all members of the significant other's family exhibit pleasant behavior. This is especially true for their mother-in-law.
Mother-in-laws are a common problem among married couples because they can be too controlling, intrusive, and, worst of all, toxic.
It's not surprising they're called monsters-in-law, as their behavior can drive their daughters or sons-in-law to the edge.
When she speaks to the couple, she is never wrong. And if she's the one who made the mistake, she'll neither admit nor apologize for her wrongdoings.
A monster-in-law visits the couple's home unannounced and will always judge their decisions, claiming that she knows better.
And what's the worst-case scenario? They will attempt to control their son's or daughter's life.
Today, we're looking at a Reddit thread about a man who ranted about how disagreeable his mother-in-law's behavior was. She had the nerve to snoop around the married couple's belongings and criticize them based on the private items she found.
The rant was posted on the subreddit r/JUSTNOMIL, a place where people share their worst experiences with their monsters-in-law. Let's find out how Redditors reacted.
The original poster and his wife had to ask his mother-in-law and sister-in-law to take care of their 4-month-old baby.
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Yikes!
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His mother-in-law has always been the pryer.
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Even Reddit is surprised by how the mother-in-law reacted.
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An awful mother-in-law indeed.
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This Redditor would have been really mad at the prying.
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For others, the mother-in-law's behavior is simply unacceptable.
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The ignorance of the mother-in-law surprises people.
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You probably have the same question as this Redditor.
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She's just too old-fashioned.
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It's women who benefit from the vibrator, and the mother-in-law isn't aware of it.
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Nice save...
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...or not
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Who in their right mind would snoop into a married couple's things, anyway?
Obviously, the mother-in-law isn't in her right mind. Her prying is just over the top.
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What the original poster suspects
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It's unbelievable how she isn't aware that sex is part of a loving marriage.
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Some Redditors can relate.
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Of course she would; they're married after all!
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Some Redditors don't trust the mother-in-law when it comes to taking care of the kids. Who knows what she'll place inside the little ones' minds?
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How to protect your private stuff from a prying mother-in-law
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Sadly, there are mothers who still think this way.
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There's actually a Redditor who feels sympathy for the mother-in-law.
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The kind of mom people want to have
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The original poster can only hope
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The actions of the mother-in-law are absolutely ludicrous.
Everything she did was just absurd and unreasonable—from the snooping she did to the words she said. On top of that, she's criticizing something that's normal for a lot of couples.
Experts say that with such a meddlesome mother-in-law, the best solution is to set boundaries and discuss those boundaries. They also add that it's best to let the partner handle the communication to avoid being the "bad guy" in the situation.
