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- A woman says her mother-in-law sent her a link to a Facebook profile about how to dress to hide body fat — then acted like it was an accident
- Due to their history, the woman feels it was no accident at all
- Being that she’s two months postpartum, she says the situation upset her, but she isn’t sure what to do next
A woman says her mother-in-law sent her a link to a Facebook profile about how to dress to hide body fat, then acted like it was an accident — but she isn’t so sure.
In a post shared to Reddit, the anonymous woman writes that she and her mother-in-law “have had issues for years,” going on to recount several instances of strange behavior from her husband’s mother.
“When she first met me, she pulled my husband aside and asked him if I was physically abusive to him. (Completely insulting, baseless, and disgusting),” she writes.
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She adds that her mother-in-law has called her “crazy” and spoken badly about her and her family behind her back. In general, she notes that she has made her feel “deeply uncomfortable.”
“Despite all of this, I’ve still given her chances, tried to forgive, and attempted to move forward for the sake of family peace,” she adds.
Until a few nights ago, when her mother-in-law “’accidentally’ sent me a Facebook profile of a page all about how plus-size women should dress to ‘hide belly fat.’ ”
“I’m only 2 months postpartum,” she writes. “When I asked her what it was, she claimed it was an accident and said she didn’t know how it sent to me. But here’s the thing: on Messenger, you can’t just ‘accidentally’ send something like that. You have to physically go to the profile, click share, pick the person, and press send. It takes several deliberate steps.”
She continues, “Given our history, it’s almost impossible for me to believe it was a slip of the finger. It felt like another jab at me, and at the absolute worst time — when I’m already vulnerable postpartum.”
Now, the poster turns to Reddit to get outside opinions on whether or not she is “overreacting for being this hurt and upset.”
“Is there any realistic chance that this could have been an accident, especially given her past behavior toward me? Or am I right to feel like this was another intentional, cruel move?” she asks.
The woman adds that she’s thinking of “going no-contact” for her “own peace.”
Other Reddit users urged the woman to cut her mother-in-law out of her life.
“It doesn’t matter if it was a mistake or purposeful. It was the last in a long string of nasty behavior you’ve put up with,” one user wrote. “Protect yourself if your husband won’t. Just block her on social media and don’t bother with an explanation.”
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