Some people can dish it out, but they sure can’t take it.

So, what would you do if your mother-in-law spent months nitpicking your life and talking behind your back?

Would you let it go for your husband’s sake?

Or would you finally call her out, even if it was in front of the whole family?

In the following story, one woman finds herself facing this very decision and opts for the latter.

Here’s how it all played out.

AITAH for finally snapping at my husband’s mom in front of his whole family?

So we went over to his uncle’s house last weekend.

Normal family gathering, nothing fancy.

I wasn’t even in the mood to go, but he insisted, and said we “couldn’t keep skipping things or it would look bad.”

Whatever. I went.

Barely ten minutes in, I hear his mom talking to his cousins in the kitchen.

She wasn’t whispering. Like, at all.

Loud enough for me to hear from the hallway.

She was saying stuff like: “She’s lazy, doesn’t even take care of the house. I don’t know what my son saw in her. If I were him, I’d come back home.”

Like what?!

I cook. I clean. I take care of her grandkid.

After overhearing the comments, she could no longer stay quiet.

I’ve kept my mouth shut every time she made her little side comments.

Every time she rearranged my cabinets or folded our laundry, it wasn’t done right.

Every. Single. Time.

And now she’s out here talking crap about me? Lying, even? In front of the rest of the family?

I walked into that kitchen, heart pounding.

And I just… said it, “Please stop talking about me like that. You’re always making stuff up, and I’m done staying quiet.”

That’s all. I didn’t yell. I didn’t curse.

But man, you’d think I flipped the whole table.

She froze. Looked shocked.

Everyone else just went silent.

My husband?

Just stared at his plate like it was the most fascinating thing in the world.

The next thing she knew, his mom turned into the victim.

Then she starts crying.

Saying I embarrassed her.

That I “disrespected” her in front of the family.

That I ruined the night.

And suddenly I’m the bad guy?

He didn’t say a word on the way home.

Not one.

I asked if he was okay, and he just said, “You didn’t have to do that.”

I didn’t have to? Are you serious?

I’ve been biting my tongue for months.

She’s made me feel small, like I don’t belong.

I’ve tried to win her over. I’ve been nothing but respectful.

And he knows it.

But now he’s mad at me?

So yeah… I don’t know.

Was I wrong for finally calling her out?

AITA?

Wow! That sounds like a very tense and stressful situation.

Let’s see how the readers over at Reddit relate to this story.

This reader suggests she call her out every time.

Here’s an interesting way to look at it.

This would be a tough reality for her.

For this reader, she should send him back home to his mommy.

This whole situation is a mess.

Her MIL is way out of line, and her husband is complacent, so she needs to really think about her future.

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