Uh oh…it’s another story about conflict with a mother-in-law from Reddit’s “Am I the *******?” page!

Yes, the guy who wrote it is frustrated, but did he take things too far?

Read his story below to get all the details.

AITA for being snarky when my MIL walked through the house unannounced?

“My living situation needs explaining.

My house is built on a hillside and street level is the top floor.

Bedrooms are one floor down.

Below that is a “basement” unit where my retired MIL lives.

She has her own bathroom, kitchen, laundry, etc.

To leave the house, she can use an outside staircase which goes all the way up to street level.

Or she can come through our space where there’s a door between her unit and the upper levels.

They had an agreement…

We bought the house together for financial reasons.

The agreement was that my MIL would use the outside stairs when the weather was nice, and use the inside stairs if it was raining or snowing.

But she’d have to text us and give us reasonable warning to avoid awkward encounters (e.g. give me enough time to make sure I’m not going to the bathroom with the door open).

Fast forward… my wife and I now have 2 kids (ages 3 & 5).

My MIL needed back surgery around 4 years ago.

Since that surgery, she’s exclusively used the inside stairs to leave and I’ve bit my tongue and not brought up our original agreement.

It’s getting pretty old…

The main issue is that she’s very inconsistent in texting us.

When she does text, it’s typically with 2-4 minutes of warning.

I live in constant anxiety listening for that door to open.

When I hear it, the first thing I do is check my phone.

I’d say there’s a text message around half the time.

Yesterday, we took our kids out on a day trip and noticed that my MIL parked her car in a way that took me a few attempts to get our van clear.

It was also very close to the mailbox.

My wife texts her mom and asks her to move her car (literally just 3-4 feet would avoid an angry note from our grouchy mail carrier).

We get home 7 hours later and the car hasn’t moved so my wife calls out my MIL for that.

Here she comes again!

2 more hours pass and I hear the door open.

I check my phone and there’s a “coming up” text from my MIL at 4:59PM.

It’s 5:01PM when I hear the door.

Afterward, my wife made it a point to remind me that her mom texted.

Likely because I was visibly annoyed.

I respond in an admittedly sarcastic tone “yeah, 2 minutes ahead.”

So my wife gets angry at me and lectures me about how her mom never does anything right, how it’s uncomfortable for her to be in between us in an awkward situation, etc.

My wife has no issue with her mom coming up without warning.

My kids have grown up with their grandmother coming up without warning. I obviously didn’t grow up with her.

Did I overreact to how this went down?

Here’s what folks had to say on Reddit.

This reader asked a question.

Another individual said they all suck.

This person said he’s an *******.

This reader shared their thoughts.

And one Reddit user said he’s to blame.

He got tired of her being in his space!

But he might need to re-evaluate how he is handling it.

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