'My MIL pulled [a] little stunt': Daughter-in-law gets revenge on Mother-in-law's selfish holiday gift by losing 100+ pounds

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    Posted by u/MouseAnon16 23 hours ago How I lost weight to spite MIL This happened during XMas of 2018. My (now ex) MIL was living with my (ex) husband(44m), and I(44F).
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    I was not particularly fond of MIL. She's lazy, selfish, and entitled among other things. A couple of weeks before XMas, she asked me what sized jackets I wear. I wore medium-large at the time, so obviously, that's what I told her. Fast forward to XMas morning,
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    and I open my present from her, which was a beautiful black spring- summer jacket from Fair Weather, in a size small. Keep in mind, when she asked me my jacket size and I told her, she repeated it back to me several times over the days before she purchased it.
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    After opening it, and seeing the size, I politely thanked her for it, meanwhile I was wondering why she bought that size, and if it was somehow a mistake on her part. The next morning, I got my answer, and she made no mistake.
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    She approached me and said in her rural Newfoundland accent, "Dat was the last jacket like dat on da rack. If it don't fit ya, I'll have it." So, instead of looking for another jacket in my size, she saw one she really liked, and happened to be in her size. She bought it for me, in her size, hoping that, because
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    it didn't fit me, I would just give it to her. I did ask her about using the receipt to return or exchange it, but she accidentally "lost" it. Instead of calling her out, or giving her her the jacket, I told her that the size is fine, and how much I really liked it(which is true). Now, being
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    perimenopausal, and also having a hearty appetite, losing weight is a struggle for me. At the time, I was technically overweight for my height, and losing some weight was in my best interest, but until my MIL pulled that little stunt on me with my Xmas present, I wasn't that motivated to lose the
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    weight. By the next Spring, the jacket fitted me perfectly. MIL was still living with us, and every time she saw me wear it, she would glare, or look longingly at me wearing the jacket and say "Oooh, I love dat jacket, I wish I coulda gotten one for meself." Five years later, her son and I are divorced, but still living together. I
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    finally came out in the open about being lesbian, which is why we split. I still have, and wear that jacket. Especially when she comes in from around the bay. And she still comments on it.
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    floridaeng 22 hr. ago At least how much, 160 lbs of ex weight?
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    MouseAnon16 OP 22 hr. ago About that much yeah. Lol. If I'm not completely stunned, and I'm right about this being about my ex haha. Like I mentioned. I finally opened up about my true sexuality, so of course, the marriage ended. We still live together, and co parent. So far, it's a very good arrangement, especially since his mother will never live with us again.
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    Stressdan Depressd 21 hr. ago I'm so glad the two of you are on good terms and ex mil is living somewhere else. I feel I often hear these stories ending in messy breaks
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    MouseAnon16 OP 21 hr. ago I'm very fortunate. Had it not been for my children, I would have regretted not coming out about being a lesbian for so long. I'm free now, and my ex and I have a very good friendship, and we co parent very well.
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    No-Paramedic6892 20 hr. ago That is the most petty reason I've ever heard for someone losing weight. And I am fing here for it! Congratulations! I'm so proud of you!!!!!!
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    Rough Direction8875 · 21 hr. ago I love it when people become motivated by spite and end up successful in the long run. Good for you, I genuinely mean that.
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    MouseAnon16 OP 21 hr. ago It's not something I'm exactly proud of, but she's done some pretty terrible things to us over the years. The jacket thing was the only time I ever acted on my spite, usually I bite it back and leave it, but I do take her off satisfaction in over it. Other than that, I wouldn't wish anything bad on her.
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    Redbear4691 · 21 hr. ago The best revenge is time. Love this transformation for you. I'm at that stage too whereas I want to "spite" some people. And make myself a "wolf". :-D This reminded me of when a executive at my former company was verbally abusive to me one day. Berated me in
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    public in front of the whole office. People heard her. It was a huge hit to my mental health for years. When I left that company, on the ten year anniversary of the incident, I sent a big box of gummy (anonymously) to her office. I only wished I had seen that reaction. Makes me smile every time I think on it.
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    mengel6345 18 hr. ago My brother quit smoking because a guy he knew had told him there's no way you could ever quit smoking, it made him so mad he quit.
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    Barangaroo11. 19 hr. ago So satisfying! Nice job and brilliantly petty. After my (now) ex spat in my face one day that I was a "fat c*nt" something tripped inside me and I started going to the gym every day at 4am. The words would
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    come back to me each workout and I'd go even harder. I dropped to a US 4, very toned and lean. He didn't say a word about it at any point. Must have eaten him up inside though!
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    Sasu-Jo 22 hr. ago You should have bought her a 3x jacket. And upon opening say "Oh? That's not your size"

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