Man Calls Wife 'Heartless' for Saying She's Glad His Late Mom Never Met Their Daughter
A woman told her husband that she was glad his mother wasn't around anymore, but now she wonders if she "crossed a line"
The woman explained that she was treated poorly by her mother-in-law, and believes her daughter would have faced the same treatment
However, her husband told her that she was "heartless" and now they are fightingA woman's mother-in-law is still a sore subject for her and her husband, even after her death.
The woman took to Reddit to share insight into a recent argument with her husband regarding her late mother-in-law, whom the poster described as a "nightmare."
"Lifetime movie villain level. She called me a gold digger for marrying her precious son, 'forgot' to invite me to family holidays for three years, and once mailed him a framed photo of his ex with a note saying, 'The one who got away,'" the woman shares. "When we announced our pregnancy, she said, 'I'll believe it's his when I see the DNA test.' "
However, her mother-in-law "suddenly" died in a car accident last year. "My husband was wrecked, obviously, and I held him through it, but inside? Relief," she writes. "Deep, ugly relief."
While the woman quickly moved on, her husband has had a hard time, especially after the arrival of their now 4-month-old daughter.
"Last night, husband got drunk and tearful, saying, 'I wish Mom could've held her just once,'" she recalls.
The woman, "sleep-deprived and still sore from breastfeeding," snapped and replied, "Thank god she didn't. She would've made our kid feel like s--- the way she did me."
After a moment of "silence," her husband told her that she was "heartless" and he slept on the couch.
"Part of me knows I crossed a line. But another part? Stands by it," she writes. "She was cruel, and death doesn't erase that. He's grieving a mom who wasn't real, the version he wished she was."
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Many people in the comments sided with the woman, with some questioning whether her husband ever tried to stand up for her while his mom was still alive.
"No, he always apologized to me but never really did anything or talk to his mother. Sadly," the poster replied to one commenter.
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