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A newly-married woman says her mother-in-law is “ruining” her home and marriage after moving in with her and her husband
In a post on Reddit, the woman writes about her husband’s mother’s “hoarding” tendencies
Now, she is at a crossroads about whether to continue her marriage
A 23-year-old woman says her mother-in-law is “ruining” her home — and her marriage — after moving in with her and her husband.
In a post published on Reddit, the woman writes that she and her husband have only been married for a few months and had just moved into a new home when he invited his mother to move in with them.
“At this point it’s taking away from our life and a chance to start a potential family,” she writes, adding that her husband was raised solely by his mom and the two are very close.
The woman writes that their home is a four-bedroom, with two rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs.
“We agreed to give MIL the downstairs rooms and the patio. So she has two rooms, then upstairs it’s our kitchen, living room, then me and my husband’s room and my husband’s office,” she writes. “I thought [we would] at least we will have our own level basically. I was wrong.”
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She continues: “When we moved in, husband refused to buy much furniture being that MIL has a bunch of belongings, like almost hoarder level. The entire kitchen is full of her many Knick knacks and every possible type of dish/container you can think of… she has her items in almost every single space in the home, including my husband‘s office, despite her having two bedrooms downstairs and a big patio.”
The woman adds that her mother-in-law often uses her and her husband’s balcony, rather than her own patio, which is twice the size.
To make matters worse, the mother-in-law has now asked her long-term boyfriend to move in, too.
“I just don’t know how I’m going to go on in this relationship for long-term if this keeps happening,” she writes. “We’ve been trying for a baby and at this point before that even happens I need to make sure that she’s going to eventually leave and get her own place.”
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Other Reddit users are offering advice in the comments, with one writing: “If this is how he is during the honeymoon phase it will only get worse the more ‘tied’ to him you become. I’d go back to my parents house and stay there until he pulls his head out or you find a good lawyer for divorce/annulment.”
Adds another Reddit commenter: “Oh honey, you are just a baby. You are way too young to be dealing with crap like this. You need to leave, like yesterday.”
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