A woman has opened up about her familial issues as she revealed her demanding mother-in-law always wants attention on Mother’s Day.
According to the young woman in question, she wants to enjoy the special day dedicated to all mothers around the world in the presence of her husband and their two daughters.
Her mother-in-law, however, always comes up with plans of her own.
“My mother-in-law has just sent me an email asking that our family come to hers for Mother’s Day. I honestly cannot think of a worse way of spending Mother’s Day. She extends this ‘invitation’ every year and every year we get guilt tripped when we decline,” the woman explained.
“I have a husband and two daughters who try to spoil me on the day by taking me out to brunch or similar. I think it’s really sweet that they try to give me a day off.
“However, my mother-in-law seems to think we should be celebrating her motherhood and can’t understand why we wouldn’t want to go to their house and spoil her on the day.”
The woman went on to reveal that her husband has sided with her because he also thinks the day would be better spent with his wife and the mother of his two children.
“He’ll send her flowers, call and send a card but am I being unreasonable to think that the torch has passed and Mother’s Day isn’t about her anymore?” she concluded.
After asking the internet for advice, the woman was inundated with suggestions and messages from divided users.
“She didn’t stop being a mother when you became one. Why wouldn’t she want to see her son on Mother’s Day?” someone suggested.
“How would you feel when your daughters become mothers themselves and decide that you are not important on Mother’s Day. She is still your husband’s mother, maybe try and see it from her prospective,” another said.
A third disagreed: “I agree with her, when your children are grown up with their own families, I assume it’ll be ok not to see you on Mother’s Day.”
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