We all have that one mother-in-law, right? The one who thinks her son is a perfect, shining angel who can do no wrong… and you, the partner, are the one who “corrupted” him. It’s a classic, tired dynamic. But for one woman on Reddit, that dynamic just came to a head in the most hilarious, spectacular way possible.
Our narrator, a 35-year-old woman, has been with her 36-year-old husband for 13 years. Her husband is, in her own words, his mother’s “absolute favorite child.” If she even suggests he’s done something wrong, the MIL is “absolutely flabbergasted” and demands “proof.”
And this isn’t just any MIL. Oh no. This MIL is a “very devout Christian” and is literally the preacher’s wife. The kind who videos the sermon and sends it to you if you miss a Sunday. Her “golden child” son was the “epitome of innocence” when they met. Homeschooled and everything.
Our narrator adds, with what I can only assume is a devilish grin, “I’ve corrupted him.” We absolutely love to see it.
So, this past Sunday, the in-laws came over after the service. The preacher’s wife went to use the master bathroom. But… she didn’t just go to the bathroom. It seems she decided to go on a little fact-finding mission. She went snooping.
And where did she snoop? In the closets, which are in the bathroom. And what did she find in our narrator’s private closet? The “frisky time toys.” And we are not talking about some vanilla, pg-13 stuff. Our narrator describes them as “rather untame.”
The MIL was, as you can imagine, “absolutely horrified.” She came out of that bathroom and “immediately started freaking out.”
And our hero’s reaction to this? The woman who has had to listen to how perfect her husband is for 13 years? She wasn’t embarrassed. She wasn’t ashamed. She “thought it was absolutely hilarious.” I am screaming. This is the only correct response.
The in-laws left in a huff. The MIL has been blowing up her “perfect” son’s phone ever since, “more and more upset.” And the husband? He’s “a little embarrassed” and “upset that I think it’s so funny.”
He’s upset that they’ve “traumatized his mom.” And he thinks his wife should have “tried to smooth it over” instead of cackling in her face.
I’m sorry, what? She should have smoothed it over? She should have apologized for her own mother-in-law illegally searching her private closet?
Let’s be very, very clear. The MIL didn’t “accidentally” find these things. She was snooping. You don’t “snoop” unless you’re looking for something. And if you go digging in someone’s closet, you have forfeited all rights to be horrified by what you find. You are not a victim. You are a trespasser.
So, is the narrator the ahole for laughing? Absolutely not. N-T-A. She is a hero. This is the “Fck Around and Find Out” Hall of Fame. The MIL didn’t just “traumatize herself”; she got a long-overdue reality check that her “innocent” homeschooled boy is, in fact, a 36-year-old married man with a sx life. The horror!
The husband needs to get his priorities straight. He shouldn’t be mad at his wife’s reaction; he should be mad at his mother’s action. But no, he’s just embarrassed his mommy found out he’s not a virgin. That’s his problem, not his wife’s.
Why should you try to fix something you didn’t cause? She should be apologizing to you. I would have laughed too.