Woman Fed Up with Mother-in-Law's Creative Ways to Drop by Unannounced

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16-07-2025

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One woman says her mother-in-law is finding creative ways to drop by her home unannounced
In a post on Reddit, the woman writes that her husband's mom stops by to see everything from art hung on the walls to a new furniture orientation
Now, she's turning to the internet for adviceOne woman says her mother-in-law is finding creative ways to drop by her home unannounced — but she's had enough of the unexpected visits.
In a post published on Reddit, the anonymous woman writes that her husband's mother "seems to have wiggled her way into my life."
Despite her husband recently telling his mom the couple couldn't spend a lot of time with her, she has now found new ways to interject herself into their lives.
"She calls my husband when she's close by, asking if she can stop by to either see the pictures we hung on the wall, our new furniture orientation, or even our new table in the house (which she saw when we bought it at the store because she was there)," she writes. "But she hasn't seen it in the house so she needs to come over?"
She continues: "Or when we finished some home projects and she called saying she had to drop something off for my husband, came over looked at it and gave her opinions and left without giving anything ... Then my husband and I decided to do a trip this year and she heard about it and said she's always wanted to go and we should go together."
"How do I prevent this behavior now and her just thinking she needs to come over because she wants to see every time we do something new in the house?" she asks in the ending of her post.
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Other Reddit users are advising the woman to find her mother-in-law a hobby.
Writes one commenter: "She is lonely. She needs to find an outlet other than you and your husband. Is there a seniors' center in your city? I think the Y has classes for seniors. She could do tai chi or aquatic classes and meet people her own age."
Adds another: "You are going to have to sit down with your husband and come up with some consequences to her overstepping, then explain to her what they are and what will trigger consequences: 'You need to stop coming up with excuses to come to our house. We will invite you when we are ready.' "
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