HER MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS SNOOPING IN HER STUFF, THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW HAD ACTED WISELY TO CATCH HER ACTS
A wife had shared her story on Reddit’s r/AITA subreddit. The woman had explained that her mother-in-law had moved in with them, and as time passed, the wife had felt that her stuff were not where she left, and then found out that her mother-in-law was snooping around.
The woman, whose name is u/Milathrowaway37, had shared that her mother-in-law moved in with them, and then the things started, “My MIL moved in with us a month ago. I began to notice my stuff in the bedroom being touched. Furniture rearranged, stuff moved et cetera…”
She had stated that she was suspicious of her mother-in-law, but couldn’t find a proof. “I felt like I was going crazy because my husband is the only one who has access to the bedroom and he doesn’t usually touch nor come near my things. I figured it must be his mom walking in and snooping on my personal things. I told my husband and he said his mom would never…I had a huge hunch but couldn’t instal a cam in the bedroom to catch her in act.”
Then she decided to create a drama, with a fake pregnancy test. “So, I got me one of those fake postive pregnancy tests and threw it in the bedroom’s trashcan. note the trashcan was placed in the corner near the closet.”
On the next day, the movie had started, as she received phone calls from the relatives, and her husband had rushed into her workplace, “Literally the next day after I got to work, I got tons of calls and texts from my inlaws “congratulating” me for my “pregnancy”. My husband came over to my workplace and was all worked up about it asking since when I was pregnant, and why I didn’t tell him.”
Then she had talked with her husband as, “I asked how he found out and he said his mom found the positive test in the trashcan in the bedroom. I asked if his answer just confirmed that she’s been snooping in the bedroom all along.”
Then she was accused, as a manipulator. “He had a “realization” moment but demanded we stick to the bigger issue, I said there was no bigger issue because the positive test was fake and this whole thing was done to expose my MIL’s snooping. he was not convinced. he had me take an actual test right infront of him and he was livid asking how could I lie about such thing and break his mom’s heart since I know…very well that she longs for kids. I got a lot of shit because of this from him, his mom and family now calling me a liar and manipulator.”
Here are some of the comments of the Redditors.
” NTA, but ordering a lock for the door and kicking MIL out seems easier. If you WERE preg, how dare she announce it. So many red flags, one of you needs to go and it shouldn’t have to be you.”
“Especially to her husband!! If my MIL announced my pregnancy to my spouse before I got a chance to? I would never speak to her again, nor allow her in my house. Holy shit how does her husband not see what a fucking violation this is?? OP is NTA, husband and his whole family all suck.”
“The OP should not second guess her moral high ground because they family are angry. Anger is the natural reaction for anyone who has been made exposed, embarrassed, and made a fool of. Doesn’t mean the OP is in the wrong. It’s like when you tell someone they’ve been sucked into an MLM/cult. They get made at you, not the cult leader. They were taken advantage of by her MILs snooping, overstepping and misinformation, they should be angry at her.”
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