MY MOTHER-IN-LAW MOVED INTO OUR HOUSE — NOW MY MARRIAGE IS FALLING APART- WOMAN SHARES STORY

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I have been married for three years. Things were not perfect, but they were manageable. My husband and I had our misunderstandings, but we talked things through.

Everything changed the day his mother came to “stay for a few weeks.”

Those few weeks have turned into eight months.

At first, I didn’t complain. She is his mother. I respected her. I cooked, cleaned, and tried to make her comfortable. I even adjusted my routine so she wouldn’t feel like a visitor.

But slowly, I stopped feeling like the wife in my own house.

She corrects how I cook.

She rearranges my kitchen.

She comments on how I dress.

She tells my husband things about me when I’m not there.

And my husband? He always says, “That’s my mother, just ignore her.”

Ignore her?

When she tells him I’m lazy?

When she says I don’t wake up early enough?

When she hints that I haven’t given her enough grandchildren?

The worst part is that my husband has changed. Before, he would defend me. Now, he stays quiet. Or worse he agrees with her.

Last week, we argued because she said I was “too stubborn” and not submissive enough. My husband didn’t correct her. He just told me to apologize to keep peace.

Apologize for what exactly?

I feel alone in my own marriage. I can’t even speak freely in my living room without feeling judged. Sometimes I stay longer at work just to avoid coming home.

I’m beginning to resent both of them.

I don’t want to be the woman who fights her mother-in-law. But I also don’t want to lose myself trying to please everyone.

Is it wrong to want my home back?