The relationship between mother-in-laws and daughter-in-laws is quite complicated. More often than not, the relationship is cordial at best. Men often find themselves trapped between the woman who raised them and their wives as they are forced to pick sides. Recently, someone took to Reddit to share an incident which exhibited the ill-treatment his wife got from his mother when she didn’t have any vegan dishes for her daughter-in-law. He asked whether he did the right thing by leaving and making his mother angry.
Woman Didn’t Cook Anything For Her Vegan Dishes Daughter-In-Law
AITA for leaving before dinner because my mom didn’t cook anything my wife can eat?
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In an AITA thread on Reddit, a user narrated a story of how his mother treated his wife. An AITA thread is the ‘Am I The A**hole’ thread. Usually, in such threads, people share situations in which they are not sure if they reacted poorly.
In this particular thread, use reveals that his mother invited him and his wife over for dinner for the first time since their marriage. However, much to the dismay of the couple, she did not make any vegan dishes for Olga, the user’s wife.
As per the post, she only made a soggy salad which and a veggie soup to which she added chicken stock. This angered the user and he said that he left before the dinner began and this angered his mother. He asked whether he reacted poorly.
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This Is How Netizens Reacted To This Reddit Post
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Many people took to the comments section to reassure the user. By and large, the general consensus was that the user did the right thing by sticking up for his wife and standing up to his mother.
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A number of people pointed out that the way his mother reacted was quite immature, if not downright evil. One commenter even mentioned that if this was a marriage or a husband test, then the user passed it with flying colours.
How is your relationship with your mother-in-law or daughter-in-law? Do you two get along well? What would you have done were you in such a situation? Let us know in the comments section below!
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