One woman's relationship is feeling a little crowded, thanks to her husband's overbearing mum. Navigating in-laws can be a little tricky, especially if they're still trying to parent their 45-year-old son who moved out two decades ago. Even if everyone seemingly gets along, a healthy amount of space can benefit everyone, especially on romantic occasions like Valentine's Day .
Last year, Ellie and her husband had their first wedding anniversary on holiday, celebrating their love as a two, accompanied only by cocktails, sunsets, and sea. With their second anniversary quickly approaching - the couple should be mulling over fun ideas on how they can celebrate together - but that might not be possible..
. Taking to Mumsnet , user MamaElllie claims her mum-in-law invited her and her husband around for dinner to mark the milestone. The anonymous woman now asked for advice, unsure whether its 'normal' to spend your anniversary with others or just as a couple.
"My mum-in-law does like to over step a lot and I have had to bring things up already to her," the post reads. "She used to buy Mother's Day presents for me and give them to my son to give me when his dad had already done this. [She would] also buy her son Father's Day presents and give them to to my husband the day before Father's Day.
" Want to avoid the doom and gloom? Get the latest positive news sent straight to your inbox with our Bright Stuff Newsletter Swathes of users rushed to the comments section to share their thoughts, with many agreeing the mum-in-law was out of order and needed to back off. "No, that's incredibly weird ," one user fumed. "Your husband needs to shut that down at once.
" Another agreed, commenting: "Thanks, but no thanks. Ugh, how odd." A third added: "Absolutely not.
When DO these people learn not to impose? Boundaries!" While a fourth simply penned: "That is weird." However, most commenters actually defended the mum - arguing she is only being polite and the woman can decline the invitation if she wishes. "I don't see why any of these things are a problem - she can ask, you can either accept or decline, it's not a big deal," one person wrote.
Another agreed: "I don't think it's overstepping or wrong to ask you. As it's not what you want to do, just politely decline and leave it at that," while a third added: "It's not overstepping to invite you and your husband round for dinner. If you don't want to go, then tell her you already have plans.
"It's only overstepping if she would kick up a huge fuss and throw tantrums if you didn't want to come (or if you felt obliged to go even if you didn't want to, because you knew what her reaction would be)." Got a story to share? Email liam.gilliver@reachplc.
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