'If it wasn't for me there would be no wedding': Entitled monster-in-law demands to join her son on his honeymoon

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Feb 22, 2023 2:00 PM EST

There's nothing more exhausting than a demanding mother-in-law. As soon as this couple got engaged, this Redditor's mother-in-law immediately insisted upon joining the couple on their upcoming honeymoon to Greece. You would think at first that this woman was joking, right? Nope! She wasn't joking in the slightest.

 

The Redditor shared her side of the story via this thread on Reddit's r/entitledparents subreddit, a perfect home for a post about a mother-in-law like this one. As many of the folks suggested in the comments section, we believe this woman should avoid any and all discussions about the honeymoon as much as possible from here on out. If the topic of travel comes up, she can be subtle about it. "When you have your own trip one day, you can go visit x, y, and z…" That sort of thing. If she doesn't get the picture, too bad! As long as the Redditor doesn't give any concrete details about where she and her husband are staying, she should be good to go.

 

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about a guy who dumped his girlfriend over her KPOP obsession. 

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    Property - "Let me join the HONEYMOON!" IN
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    Font - Let me join the HONEYMOON! S Two days ago we announced that on September we are getting married (yey!). Yesterday, while talking with my mother in law on a video call, she asked if we were going to travel, and we said that we are finally gonna visit Greece. And, then she politely asked if she could join us. I was like wtf did she just say. We said no, of course, and then she got angry and demanded it.
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    Font - More or less she said something like: "I have never been out of this country (Spain), I want and deserve to travel, I am who gave birth to him so this should be special for me too, because if it wasn't for me there would be no wedding... She can keep being angry, but I won't let anyone join us, lol, specially because we are paying our own wedding.
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    Font - Edit: wow so many likes and comments overnight, thanks!!! I won't be giving her any more info, that's for sure, and my future husband is awesome, he is always by my side and don't let her continue with her bull Thanks for your stories, I don't feel alone now, knowing it's more common than what I thought. Gonna share this on another subreddit that some people suggested too.
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    Rectangle - DocSternau 3 days ago Make sure your partner stays on board with the No-Mom honeymoon. 820 Reply Share
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    Font - sailorfantasy OP. 3 days ago Don't worry, he is not a mama boy, but it's more like the other way around. He has no siblings, and her mother is extremely obsessed on doing everything with him, and he gets tilted at her, because he is not a kid anymore (he got 29 years old on 16th this month) 563 Reply Share
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    Font - . redfancydress 3 days ago If she brings this back up you embarrass her. Because I guarantee you this isn't over yet. "Mil if you go to Greece with us what are you gonna the whole time there?." She's gonna be expecting you two to play tour guide and luggage carrier. Ask her that and wait for her answer. Then tell her "we won't have time to take you anywhere because we're going to be doing the hibbity bibbity all over Greece" 409 Reply Share
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    Font - Slummish 3 days ago At least she asked... My MIL just showed up on our honeymoon the day after we arrived. She acted like it was a great surprise for us. We checked out of our hotel late the next night and went to a different island in Hawaii. Cost us an extra few thousand dollars, but it ended up being totally worth it. She didn't talk to us until the following Christmas. Not a peep. Then she never mentioned the subject ever again. I'd pay that much every year if I only had to see her on
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    Font - sailorfantasy OP 3 days ago I can't understand what is going on through their mind. But I won't tell her anything else 888 Reply Share
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    Font - Get-in-the-llama . 3 days ago "Great. Make sure you book the room next to us. You're son is quite the screamer!" 264 Reply Share
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    Font - Avebury1 3 days ago Now keep her on a no info diet about the details of your honeymoon. 438 Reply Share
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    Font - kteeeee 3 days ago edited 3 days ago My aunts and their children planned to travel to the same place we honeymooned. She dropped it on me all excited that we'd be able to meet up for dinner every night. My dad usually has trouble setting boundaries with his family. That time, he shut her down. He told her she didn't have to cancel her plans. But that she was to have no contact with us at all the entire time. Even told her to turn around and walk the other way if she ran into us accidental
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    Font - 3 luvmycoton My brother had a MIL who did this about 40 years ago. His bride, my SIL knew her mother all too well. This was long before using passwords to protect your plans was a thing, so she gave her mother the departure flight info just to stop the harassment. What she didn't tell her mother was the happy couple was only making a 24 layover in that city, flying out the next day to Hawaii for 10 days. Her mother and aunt 'surprised' them, but got a surprise of their own when they were
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    Font - sailorfantasy OP. 2 days ago "Surprise, I am here to make sure you can't celebrate nothing in a romantic way and alone as normal couples do! Are u happy? :D"
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    Font - Silver6Rules 3 days ago She does know what a honeymoon entails RIGHT?! Because I know she would probably hate it if you went into explicit detail about what you plan to do to her son....... Or go the petty route: "I have never been out of the country" "Well that sucks for you." "I want and deserve to travel." "I agree. When you plan your own trip we will be very excited for you."
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    Font - "I am who gave birth to him so this should be special for me too." "You sure did. Thanks for that, I think he can take it from here. It is special for you. That's why you're invited to the wedding as a guest. Guests are not invited on our honeymoon." "If it wasn't for me there would be no wedding." "Do you want a cookie reward or something? You are not contingent on me getting married or having a honeymoon, therefore you are STILL not invited. How can parents be this d delusional?? 183 Re
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    Font - tuppence07 3 days ago Have a back up plan or a plan to say you are going to Athens and be booked into going to one of the small islands. Talk about Athens as if you are going there (well the airport is there)
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    Font - sandim1233 days ago Yeah NO- if she wants to travel- she can plan her own trip-her own itinerary and arrange her own travel plans- I would limit the info shared about your travel plans at this point and just enjoy the planning/upcoming wedding- Congratulations!
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