When it is your birthday, you should be able to pick out your cake, ice cream, and any other desserts for your party.

What would you do if your mother-in-law tried to force your son to choose a kind of cake that she liked rather than his favorite?

That is what the mom in this story experienced, and she happily took her son’s side.

Check it out.

AITA I told my MIL that’s all on her?

My 5 year old son’s birthday is coming up and he wants a chocolate cake with chocolate icing.

It’s his birthday so I said yes.

My MIL can be a selfish cow sometimes and my son was telling her how’s he getting chocolate cake and chocolate ice cream.

My MIL said she didn’t like that and my son should get something we all like.

Very true.

My son said “it’s not your birthday so you don’t get a say.”

This would be normally disrespectful but recently I said this to my son when went to his friend’s party when my son didn’t like the cake flavor.

We had the discussion about how the birthday person gets to choose their cake flavor because it’s their special day.

My MIL was shocked and I told her the same thing I told my son “when it’s your birthday you can get whatever flavor of cake you want.”

Time for her to get out of your house.

My MIL called me a witch and my son a spoiled brat.

So, I told her “with that attitude you won’t be coming to the party.”

My Husband was wtf and tried to talk me into ordering his mom a cake she would enjoy after our son and I was “rude” to her.

I said no it isn’t her day and that just teaches our son to act entitled at other people’s parties if we don’t stick to the rules and etiquette that we explain to him and it will just make him confused, entitled, and spoiled.

My husband saw the truth in that because our son was excited about his birthday cake for his birthday and now understands that not everything is about him.

Other people get to enjoy their special event how they want to.

In return my son gets to enjoy his special event and occasions how he wants to.

He has nothing to be sorry about.

My MIL doesn’t seem to get that and wants my son to write her a “sorry note” and what he did wrong.

My husband and I don’t feel like my son did anything wrong by repeating what his parents told him.

My MIL said she’s not coming to the birthday party or getting him a gift without the apology note.

I told my MIL that’s all on her.

AITA?

This mother-in-law seems very intrusive and it is good to put her in her place.

Take a look at what other people in the comments had to say.

Why is grandma arguing with a five year old?

Grandma needs to put her grandson first.

This person says that mom is handling it perfectly.

How can an adult act like this.

Yeah, it is sad.

It sounds like the mother-in-law is throwing the tantrum.

What a piece of work.

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