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A woman says her mother-in-law delivered a speech at her master’s graduation dinner — and made it all about her
In a post on Reddit, she writes that her husband’s mom delivered “this long monologue about how proud she was that ‘her guidance and emphasis on education’ inspired me”
Now, she wants to know if she overreacted by leaving the dinner early
A wife and mother who recently got her master’s degree was shocked when her mother-in-law delivered a speech at her graduation dinner — and made it all about her.
In a post shared to Reddit, the anonymous 28-year-old woman writes that she recently completed her master’s degree, “while juggling two part-time jobs and caring for my 3-year-old.”
“My husband (30M) and I have had a tough year, so this was a big moment for me. He planned a small dinner with family to celebrate. Sweet, right?” she adds.
But when the woman’s family and friends sat down at the dinner table, one guest remained standing — her mother-in-law.
“My MIL (60s) stood up and tapped her glass like she was making a wedding toast,” she writes in the post. “She went on this long monologue about how proud she was that ‘her guidance and emphasis on education’ inspired me. Then she said, ‘She wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t raised such a hardworking son.’ “
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She continues: “I blinked. No mention of me, my work, my late nights, my sacrifices, just her and her son. My own parents weren’t there because they live overseas, so I felt even more humiliated that the one moment meant to celebrate my achievement was hijacked.”
The woman adds that she then “quietly got up and left halfway through dessert.”
“My husband thinks I was rude and ‘made it weird.’ He said, ‘she was just trying to honor you her way.’ I said I’m done being treated like a supporting character in my own life,” she writes. “Am I overreacting?”
Reddit users don’t seem to think so.
“Why did you let her continue her speech? Just call her out right on the spot? Actually your husband needed to call his mother out on the spot,” writes one.
Adds another commenter: “She wasn’t honoring you in her own way. She wasn’t honoring you at all. Who is she to suggest that you wouldn’t have been able to get your master’s without marrying her son and having his baby? What kind of nonsense is that?”
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