15 Stories About Mothers-in-Law Who Can Easily Piss Off Anyone in the World

Not every woman can boast of good relations with her mother-in-law. Most often, having married, a woman enters into a quiet war with the mother of her husband. The heroines of our article were convinced of this personally.

• We moved to another region. 6 months later, my mother-in-law visited us and told me, “How is it that you still haven’t found a job? You just live off my son!” I put up with it for a few days, and then I asked, “How is it that your daughter has been married for 30 years and hasn’t worked a day?” To which my mother-in-law replied, “That’s different.”
  She is proud of her daughter because she married very well. Her husband eventually became rich, and her daughter never knew what work was. The husband registered her in his company, so that her pension was accrued. And the mother-in-law proudly says, “She works for her husband!”
  In short, it’s like a joke, “My daughter is so lucky! Her husband is wonderful, he buys her dresses, shoes, diamonds, takes her to the Maldives. But my son is not that lucky. This lazy woman asks her to buy her dresses, shoes, diamonds and take her to the Maldives.” © Missis K / Dzen
• My husband and I took a holiday and decided to visit his mother in another city. No sooner had I laid out my things than I decided to go into the living room. As I entered, I was stunned. There were pictures from our wedding spread all over the room with my husband alone. To my mute question, my husband replied, ‘Well, that’s Mum...’. It was disheartening that my husband ignored the situation and that I was a nobody to my mother-in-law. © Overheard / Ideer
• My mother-in-law said that I’m bringing up my son wrong, “You’re too soft with him, he’s sitting on your head!” Well, well, well.
  A couple of days later, she wanted to babysit her grandson. I left them food and toys and left for just half a day. 3 hours later, I get a text, “I can’t do it anymore! He’s going crazy in here.” I come back, and she’s sitting there, disheveled, tired, staring blankly at the wall.
  The child is nearby, cheerful, happy, shaking a toy in his hands and chewing something. I ask, “Well, how did it go?” Mother-in-law is silent, then quietly lets out, “Okay... Raise him as you like.” Well, I warned you. © Chamber 6 / VK

• The topic of DNA tests came up at my mother-in-law’s house last night. And she made a joke, “Let’s go and take these tests, ha-ha.” My husband is a reasonable guy, he rolled his eyes, “Mom, what are you talking about?”
  And I was having fun, so I said, “Let’s do it! It’s your idea, so you’ll pay. Who knows, maybe they mixed up the children in the maternity hospital — anything can happen. But you will take the test as well, and then we will all hug, kiss, and dance.”
  My mother-in-law tried to shut the subject down, but I got carried away. And I haven’t calmed down for a week. When she and my husband talk over the phone, I say deliberately loudly, “Ask your mother when we are going to take the DNA test. I’m ready. We’re all ready!”
  And today, my sister-in-law texted and gently inquired as to what, exactly, was going on. Because, according to my mother-in-law, my children are from someone else, and I want to find out who their father is with her money. Secondly, I am trying to quarrel her with my father-in-law and defame her honor with this DNA test. © razdvatrigoni / Pikabu
• My mother-in-law kept on bringing my son all sorts of cheap chocolates and waffles. We told her many times that the child is allergic to sweets — to no avail. I encouraged my son to tell his grandmother that next time she should bring him something healthy.
  She was pleased, praised him, and the next time she came, she proudly declared, “Look, grandson, I brought you something healthy!” And pulls out a packet of sausages. © Caramel / VK
• My ex and I were saving money for a trip together. About a week before the trip, he told me that his mother had complained that she had a lot of debts. He, being a good son, decided to give her most of his savings. I was sympathetic and we agreed to postpone the trip so that he could save up again.
  A few days later, I visited his mum and she brags to me about the huge decorative fountain she bought for her garden. It made me laugh and I muttered: ‘It must be expensive.’ And she patted me on the shoulder and said: ‘It’s dangerous to travel by car. It’s better this way.’ © hazelk / Reddit

• I recently complained to my husband about my mother-in-law, saying that she can’t leave us in peace: she is always sticking her nose into our affairs, trying to take part in all situations. My husband says that it could be worse. He has an acquaintance, whose mother-in-law burst into the bedroom with her husband at 3 a.m. and asked, “Son, do you know how much prunes cost at the market nowadays?” © Chamber 6 / VK
• My mother-in-law’s an absolute loose cannon, completely clueless of what to say where. She’s always been a bit too much but has been on one lately with our wedding coming up. Her latest brilliant idea is that my fiancé should stay with her for a whole week after our wedding. No honeymoon, no time as a married couple, just him and mommy dearest spending some quality time together.
  We live in NYC, his parents live in another state and her reasoning is, “I should get time with him before you take him away. Honeymoon can wait for a week, so don’t be selfish.” I just sat there, nodded along, and now she thinks after our wedding, she’ll probably be setting up some weird mother-son bonding activities or whatever. Meanwhile, the second our reception dinner is over, hubby, and I will be in Austria. © Unknown author / Reddit
• I loved my ex-husband very much, but his mother hated me, rubbed my nerves, and I left. Recently I met her in a shop and she suddenly rushed to me and started hugging me! I’m standing there in shock, and she starts saying how much she misses me. I was really surprised. And then a mutual friend of ours told me that now my ex and his mother hardly ever speak to each other because his new girlfriend has broken them up. And I, like a fool, tried to be friends with her, to communicate, gave her gifts, but I should have acted like this. Now I understand why my former failed mother-in-law behaved like that when I met her. © Girls Overheard / VK

• My husband’s mom hates me because I am “not from their circle.” What kind of circle it is, I haven’t figured out for 8 years of marriage — just an ordinary family. Yesterday, my mother-in-law called and was like, “I’m watching my son kissing another woman, not you, and I feel warm in my heart!”
  At first, I was stunned, and then decided to clarify, “Are you watching right now?” My mother-in-law said with pride in her voice, “Yes!” I exhaled and laughed, “Then don’t hesitate to come up. My husband will be glad to see you.”
  Indeed, we look back, and my husband’s mom is walking toward us in the park. Well, yes, I’ve had hair extensions, a new coat — she didn’t recognize me. How much disappointment was in her look! It seems anyone can be “from their circle,” and only I don’t fit in.
• My mother-in-law likes to give me weird things. For my birthday, she gave me a floor scale. At first, I didn’t even understand what it was about. And she said with a smile, “It’s a hint that you should watch your figure!”
  I almost choked on the piece of cake I was eating at that moment. My husband was embarrassed, but I decided to keep quiet. But now, every time she comes to visit, she looks at that scale as if she wants me to get on it. © Caramel / VK
• My in-laws threw us an engagement party. We were given gifts, my fiancé and I were going to unwrap them together. But my mother-in-law-to-be forbade us from watching them without her physical presence. We suggested a video call to her. Or, since she was so curious, we could tell her exactly what her in-laws had given. She paid for the party, so I’m uncomfortable arguing with her, but am I right in thinking this feels like an attempt to invade her privacy? © littlebittyredd / Reddit

• My ex-mother-in-law used to come to our house while we were at work and wash my husband’s boxers. I told my husband about it, and he was like, “I can’t do anything, she’s like that (like, she likes to wash).” So I said, “If she’s ’like that, ’ why doesn’t she wash my panties?”
  My ex-husband then said I was being arrogant. But I still can’t understand: why is it me being arrogant? Maybe the other person shouldn’t dig through someone else’s dirty laundry, find boxers, and wash them for show? © Olga R / Dzen
• A year ago, we lent my mother-in-law a large sum of money, which she promised to pay back. Some time later, she needed the same amount, which she borrowed from acquaintances. She returned the debt to her acquaintances after 2 months, but she agreed to give us only 15% of the total amount, and only after 6 months to a year and after a great scandal.
  My husband’s question, “Mum, how can it be?” received a marvelous answer, “Well, we are a family!” By the way, all the relatives turned on my husband for the fact that he asked to return the borrowed money. They said he was her son and had no right to do so.
  At the same time, we live separately, independently, and we have never asked for help or money. I feel some wild injustice toward my husband and me. Or am I wrong? © Caramel / VK
• I gave birth to my daughter 2 months ago. She has green eyes, although no one in my family on either side has such eyes. Every time we talk about the baby, my mother-in-law says, ‘Oh, you must have fattened her up,’ and her in-laws nod their manes in agreement. Well, I was fed up with it, and I decided to do a DNA test (although my husband says he believes me). In general, we did a few tests, and the results we and my husband were just dumbfounded: the daughter turned out to be ours, but my husband, as it turned out, is not the biological son of his father! In other words, my mother-in-law fattened the child, and now she is trying to shift her guilt onto me. We don’t even know how to tell my father-in-law about all this. He is not guilty of anything and has the right to know the truth. © ThrowRAFamiltsopa / Reddit

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