A woman says her mother-in-law sent her a Facebook link about how to dress to hide body fat, then acted like it was an accident — but she isn’t so sure.
In a post shared on Reddit, the anonymous woman writes that she and her mother-in-law “have had issues for years,” and she shares several examples of strange behavior from her husband’s mother.
“When she first met me, she pulled my husband aside and asked him if I was physically abusive to him. (Completely insulting, baseless, and disgusting),” she writes.
She adds that her mother-in-law has called her “crazy” and spoken badly about her and her family behind her back. In general, she says, her mother-in-law has made her feel “deeply uncomfortable.”
“Despite all of this, I’ve still given her chances, tried to forgive, and attempted to move forward for the sake of family peace,” she adds.
But a few nights ago, her mother-in-law “’accidentally’ sent me a Facebook profile of a page all about how plus-size women should dress to ‘hide belly fat.’ “
“I’m only 2 months postpartum,” she writes. “When I asked her about it, she said it was an accident and claimed she didn’t know how it sent to me. But on Messenger, you can’t just ‘accidentally’ send something like that. You have to go to the profile, click share, choose the person, and press send. It takes several deliberate steps.”
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She continues, “Given our history, it’s almost impossible for me to believe it was a slip of the finger. It felt like another jab at me, and at the absolute worst time — when I’m already vulnerable postpartum.”
Now, the woman turns to Reddit for opinions on whether she is “overreacting for being this hurt and upset.”
“Is there any realistic chance that this could have been an accident, especially given her past behavior toward me? Or am I right to feel like this was another intentional, cruel move?” she asks.
She adds that she’s thinking of “going no-contact” for her “own peace.”
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Other Reddit users encouraged her to cut her mother-in-law out of her life.
“It doesn’t matter if it was a mistake or purposeful. It was the last in a long string of nasty behavior you’ve put up with,” one user wrote. “Protect yourself if your husband won’t. Just block her on social media and don’t bother with an explanation.”
