In-law relationships may be challenging to navigate. You may connect with your mother-in-law and exchange positive energy. However, many of us may not have the ideal relationship with our mother in law. Read the story to know what drama this mother-in-law created and how you would react to this situation.
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We usually do intermittent fasting, meaning we don’t eat after 5 pm but when I’m on my period, my appetite gets several times bigger. Last night I craved a chicken sandwich with chilli and I asked my mother in law whether she wanted any. She said no she wasn’t hungry and since my husband doesn’t eat at that time, I only made one.
I quickly gobbled it up and when my mother in law came into the kitchen again, the plate was already wiped clean. She asked me in shock you’re done that fast?! I was pretty embarrassed and told her it’s my favorite. Then she said and you didn’t think to at least offer people staying in the house with you a bite? I was confused and told her but you said you weren’t hungry and Jake (my husband) doesn’t eat at this hour.
She said you didn’t think to store some in the fridge in case I DO get hungry?! I told her I’m sorry I really didn’t think that far ahead. I’ll make a new one. But then I remembered that we were all out of chilli and sheepishly told her imma go buy some. She told me not to bother but I insisted.
But even after looking at several convenience stores, I couldn’t find the brand I was looking for and since it was nearly midnight by then, I didn’t have many options. I called Jake and asked him what I should do and he told me to just get one from a snack near us.
When I got home though and brought it to my mother in law, she refused to eat it and said I told you to forget it. I don’t eat takeout. She insisted she didn’t want it nor did she want anything else as she wasn’t hungry, that she had just smelled the chilli earlier and wanted a bite.
I told her okay if you need anything let me know. I went back to the kitchen and….. ate that sandwich too. The next day, Jake and I wake up to find our mother in law gone with a text sent to my husband that says she won’t be putting her foot in our house ever again for the amount of disrespect I showed her. Apparently she did get hungry later and went looking for the sandwich and couldn’t find it.
Jake was livid that I ate that one too and told me this is my fault and I should go with him to apologize to her. I got angry too and told him why couldn’t she have just asked directly instead of going around all these circles in the first place? He ignored me and grabbed his jacket and keys and left. Am I really in the wrong here?
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