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One woman’s future mother-in-law crosses so many boundaries that the woman is now debating whether she wants any children of her own
“I understand that when you marry someone you’re marrying into their family but my partner is a great person despite his mother,” she writes on Reddit
Her mother-in-law crosses so many boundaries that the woman says she’s worried about having children, writing, “what if they inherit her personality???”
One woman says her future mother-in-law is so overbearing that she’s questioning whether she wants to be a mother herself.
In a Reddit post, the anonymous woman writes that she and her partner have been together for a few years but aren’t yet married.
“I understand that when you marry someone you’re marrying into their family but my partner is a great person despite his mother,” she writes.
Despite her reassurances, the Reddit user claims her mother-in-law crosses so many boundaries that the woman says she’s worried about having children, writing, “what if they inherit her personality???”
She continues her post by detailing the things about her mother-in-law that make her most nervous. Among them is that she is “a time hog” and schedules video calls with her partner every weekend. She is also “rude and gives unsolicited advice a lot.”
“She thinks she’s the expert on EVERYTHING. In the past she’s even made comments trying to pitch my partner against me and make me seem like I’m the bad guy when I didn’t do anything malicious,” she adds.
She continues: “I just know she’s going to fill my house with ‘gifts’ for the kids (aka garbage) and dictate how I set up my child’s nursery. She’s obsessed with getting free things off Facebook and always tries to give my partner things.”
“I have anxiety issues in general and overthink a lot so maybe these things won’t even happen. I’m just annoyed because I don’t want to miss out on parenthood because of this nut,” she writes in the post’s conclusion.
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Commenters say the woman’s anxiety is justified.
“MIL sounds like a full-time, unsolicited life coach nobody asked for. Kids or no kids, boundaries will be your best friend, because she’s not just gonna dial it back on her own,” one writes. “If she’s already this invasive, parenting with her in the mix is a battlefield. Start setting limits now, or get ready to fight forever.”
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