HER MOTHER-IN-LAW HAD SAID THAT WHAT SHE DID IN THANKSGIVING WAS TERRIBLE, AND RUINED THE DINNER

A woman had revealed a story on Reddit’s r/AITA subreddit, that her mother-in-law had stated that she had ruined the Thanksgiving dinner, as she sat on her husband’s lap, when she couldn’t find any chair to sit.
That caused a drama at the dinner, as the ex of her husband was at the dinner too. The mother of her husband had always like her husband’s ex, better than herself.

She had stated that her mother-in-law had always bad towards her. “I (f, 28) have been with my husband “Shaun” (m, 33) for 2 years, Married for 5 months. Most of his family are decent people but his mom can be a little of a passive-aggressive and tends to criticize me a lot. Shaun sees it as “her still not getting used to me being around” but IDK because she treats his ex “Julissa” good.”

And she explained that her mother-in-law always kept the ex of her husband close to her. “MIL says that Julissa has been around the family for age and her past with Shaun never affected her relationship with her. Fine, I never minded her attending every holiday and being around til yesterday.”
She had arrived to the Thanksgiving dinner rather late, and saw that her mother-in-law had seated Julissa, the ex of her husband next to him, and there were no other seats left for her to sit. “We had Thanksgiving dinner at my MIL’s house. Shaun went there before me and when I arrived it was already dinner time. Everyone was seated and I saw that all chairs were taken. I asked MIL why she didn’t save me a seat and she said “sorry” and that one of her granddaughters decided to show up last minute and the chair was taken.”

Then she had stated that she should be seated next to her husband, not Julissa, and her mother-in-law stated a mean thing. “I looked at her then at Julissa who was sitting next to shaun and tried to point out how I was more deserving of her chair since I’m the DIL (I know shouldn’t have said it I know..I know) MIL flatout said that Julissa is as much FAMILY as me, and that it was rude to imply otherwise.”
Then she did an unthinkable thing, as her mother-in-law got shocked, and sat on the lap of her husband, “Julissa was nodding confidently while glancing at me. I was so upset I wanted to leave but decided to just sit on my husband’s lap and act as casual as possible. I sat on his lap asking if he was okay with it (don’t worry I’m petite, he’s strong built) and started eating so casually while smiling and complimenting the food and mentioning to Shaun how warm and comfortable his lap was now and then.”

There was a silence at the table. “The table went awkwardly silence. BIL would try to break the silence and change the subject but it somehow goes back to being awkward. MIL AND Julissa were barely eating and were staring at each other than at me eyes wide open.”
Then the ex left the house, as her mother-in-law was silenced too. “Minutes later, Julissa excused herself to the bathroom and so did MIL. It was still awkward but I did my best to focus on dinner. Shaun was eating as well. Later, there was just so much tension and MIL was barely able to speak after Julissa left (early, like right after dinner).”
She had concluded her story as, “Shaun and I went home and MIL tried calling but then called Shaun and texted me saying what I did was inappropriate and that I ruined Thanksgiving dinner and made it awkward. She said it wasn’t her fault chairs were taken and I could’ve dragged a chair from the kitchen but acted childishly and made Julissa (and family) uncomfortable with how inappropriate I was.”

Here are some of the comments from Redditors. “Shaun and I went home and MIL tried calling but then called Shaun and texted me saying what I did was inappropriate and that I ruined Thanksgiving dinner and made it awkward. She said it wasn’t her fault chairs were taken and I could’ve dragged a chair from the kitchen but acted childishly and made Julissa (and family) uncomfortable with how inappropriate I was.”
Here are some comments of the Redditors.
“NTA, but the whole ordeal could have been avoided had your husband done what he should have done, and gave you his seat while he went to fetch another one. In fact, he should have already had an empty seat beside him waiting for you. I can’t imagine putting my wife in such an awkward situation.”
“My guess is that MIL and ex are both still hoping that ex can get back with Shaun, and that he’s just so used to his mother’s antics that it doesn’t even occur to him to question things.”
“All I’m going to say is if my ex-MIL (of 12 years, 8 legally, and I have a child by her son) invited me over to thanksgiving dinner, I most definitely wouldn’t be sitting next to my ex-husband, even if things are semi-amicable. There’s definitely an ulterior motive here.”
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