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- A Mumsnet user is questioning her decision to delete a Facebook comment posted by her son’s fiancée
- The proud mother claimed that the fiancée was “taking credit for his achievement” of buying a house
- “The thing is the house is in his name only due to her credit issues. I felt like she was overstepping,” she explained
A proud mom is wondering if “mother knows best” when it comes to preventing anyone from taking credit for her son’s achievements.
The mother explained on the UK-based forum Mumsnet that she recently deleted a Facebook comment written by her son’s fiancée because she thought her future daughter-in-law was stealing his spotlight.
“My son just bought his first house and I’m beyond proud! He’s worked hard for this and it’s a huge achievement,” the mom wrote. “I posted a congrats message on Facebook, tagging only him, and mentioned how this has always been his dream. His fiancée commented on the post saying, ‘We’re excited for our home’ and ‘We’re looking forward to this next chapter.’ ”
“The thing is the house is in his name only due to her credit issues. I felt like she was overstepping and taking credit for his achievement,” the mom added.
She decided to delete the comment from her son’s fiancée.
“I had a word with my son about it, asking him to maybe clarify my intentions to her,” she recalled before asking other people in the forum, “Was I wrong to do so, or was her comment just a bit much?”
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In a Mumsnet poll under her post, 96% of the nearly 4,000 voters selected “You are being unreasonable” as their voting option.
“You were petty and spiteful,” one person replied, while another wrote, “They’re going to be living together in their first home. You don’t like her, fine, but deleting her happy, inoffensive comment was unnecessary.”
Seeing the unfavorable replies, the mother chimed in.
“The house was my son’s accomplishment. It would be different if she put money down toward the down payment or something but she didn’t,” the mom responded. “Due to my son saving up, having good credit, etc., this accomplishment happened. This wasn’t about his fiancée — this was about me celebrating my own son and recognizing him.”
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