‘Get out of my house!’: Daughter-In-Law Kicks Mother-In-Law Out of the House After She Accuses Her of Infidelity and Demands a Paternity Test

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Sienna Varady
Jan 24, 2024 8:00 AM EST

Not all fairy tales end happily. To be quite honest, the original endings of most of our beloved and well-known fairytales were melancholic and tragic because the defenseless princess lost and the evil mother won.

This is not a fairytale, but it is an account of a disappointed daughter-in-law. OP and her husband had an impromptu wedding after finding out they were expecting twins. They were thrilled to become parents and welcome their kids into the world, even though the twins were unexpected and caught them off guard. The couple was overjoyed, but OP's mother-in-law was finding it difficult to accept the news and welcome the twins into her family. But when OP and her husband informed the family two years later about their upcoming wedding celebration, things quickly got out of hand. On this supposed celebratory day, the mother-in-law contacted OP and requested a paternity test since, even after all this time, she still holds grudges against her.

Having said that, read the story below to find out how OP responded to the ridiculous request and whether or not they were able to put their differences aside for the benefit of the kids! And after you're done, check out the story about the bride who is forced to include her estranged brother-in-law in the bridal party!

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    MIL actually fought then with Husband about the children belonged to him, and after some things were said he moved into my family's home where we stayed until we moved into our own place.
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    AITA for yelling at my mother in law when she demanded a paternity test before the wedding
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    Using a throwaway so I can get an impartial opinion since the two halves of our families are so completely split over this mess. I apologize for the length of this post. I (20f) am getting married in an official ceremony in a few months
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    to my legal husband(21 M) of 2 years, and his mother has made planning the real wedding difficult since the day we got engaged. Full disclosure and kind of implied by the title, my husband and I initially became engaged due to an unexpected pregnancy that
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    popped up while we were dating, and are now the proud parents of twins who are 1 year old. I honestly don't blame MIL for her initial negative reaction since we had been seeing each other secretly, and Husband and his family learned about the pregnancy at the same time when
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    my sister (20F) kind of lost her s t after finding out and went over to their house to kick his a, and started a physical altercation that ended with Husband going to the emergency room for minor injuries. It was an entire mess, but after a lot of talking (and arguments, I
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    won't lie) Husband was excited to be having kids despite the timing and circumstance. We got engaged immediately since he's fairly religious and wanted to avoid the social stigma around having children out of wedlock, especially since it was something that badly affected my family
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    growing up due to rumors started about my parents, partly by his mother. MIL actually fought then with Husband about the children belonged to him, and after some things were said he moved into my family's home where we stayed until we moved into our own place.
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    (Context: MIL has doubts because for many years my parents were in a lavender marriage situation together, and were doing IVF while also mutually dating a third, and my father was separately seeing his own partner during this time. My brothers and I don't look much like our legal father at all if I'm being honest, and in all likelihood.
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    our biological father is my parents' third. However, my parents didn't care how we were conceived, and raised us as my father's children in every way .My MIL and my mother were friends for years before falling out badly and were in the same social circles, MIL took personal offense to the unconventional dynamic in my
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    family, and made a spectacle of my mother every time she had a child before remarrying.) My husband knew for a fact that the babies were his, however, and trusted me when I told him as much. We had our kids, and planned to
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    get married before they turned 1, but Husbands' schoolwork and family issues we both had to deal with on top of raising the twins meant we had to rain check our first attempt. Now, just a few months before our official wedding, MIL raises the issue about paternity again
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    My son looks EXACTLY like my Husband, especially in his old baby photos, aside from his eye color being a darker shade, and his hair having a curl to it he inherited from me. My daughter on the other hand looks just like MIL. I swear I'm not kidding, she has my hair color, but
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    aside from her eyes (she has Husbands eye color) she looks like MIL in miniature. Despite the physical evidence, she still says there's 'obvious' doubt due to my mothers history and implied that I was unfaithful to my husband in the past because of the
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    example I grew up with, and the fact we 'didn't start our relationship the right way'. Aside from not seeing Husband for two months when we got into a major fight and some cruel things were said by both of us (we have talked and settled this fully) I have known him my entire life, and
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    spent half of it being his best friend, and the other half in love with him. Even with my parents completely agreed upon family dynamics, I saw first hand how the questionable nature of the paternity of my brothers and I led to years of drama until they divorced, and resulted in a lot of
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    insecurity that we had to cope with. I love my Husband, and never wanted him to experience even a MOMENT of doubt in his head about the depth of my feelings and loyalty. My MIL chose the day of the announcement of our wedding date to approach me in private to
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    push for the DNA test, and completely brought down my mood in seconds since I thought we were long past all of this. She spent so much time with the twins in the last few months before asking for the test, and now I have to worry about how she treated them when we weren't there and if she said anything bad in front of them.
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    She kept using my daughter's appearance as an example of my 'indiscretions', and insisted the only reason my son looks so much like Husband is because my mother shares features with him, and that when they get older their 'true' father's features would come out, and her son would come to his senses.
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    She said she wouldn't let her son be subjected to what occurred between my parents, and that she would fight for him even if he's lost sight of reality because I was just as loose as my mother, and wrapped him around my finger. She even had the gall to imply that if both of the twins had been girls, Husband wouldn't be as inclined to
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    believe he was the father, and would have called for a separation. It was around that time that I lost it on her. Husband adores our daughter just as much as our son, and has talked about wanting more kids in the future She brought this up in my parents' house as well since they hosted
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    the gathering where we announced our wedding date, which made my bl d boil because she didn't have the decency to wait a while so she wouldn't disrespect me in the home I grew up in. I called her a miserable b ch who couldn't stand the thought of other people being happy in their
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    own relationships, and told her if she had that much doubt about the twins' paternity then she wouldn't be around them anymore. There would be no DNA test, and if one was conducted without my permission then I would pursue legal action and drag her name through the mud in return.
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    She wouldn't be going to the wedding either, since she was so determined for it not to happen (here I know I was in the wrong because I didn't talk to Husband before disinviting her). More personal things were said, and the entire fight got loud
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    enough for some people (all family thankfully) to overhear me all but k king her out. Thankfully she left without too much fuss, likely because of the scene it would have made, but afterwards, Husband's older brother (M25) chimed in that I reacted too harshly, and should
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    just do the test to reassure their mother and move on. Their grandfather also agreed, saying it would settle the matter once and for all, and putting it off so far has just brought on the exact suspicion that I wanted to avoid in the first place My stepfather threw Husband's grandfather out afterwards as he'd
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    worn out his welcome by then, and ended the celebration. My family reassured me in the aftermath that I was well within my right to be angry that she brought the DNA test up, but I noticed that Husband stayed to the side with the twins and didn't respond much even when we went home not long after.
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    I think he might be upset with me for how I treated his mother, and is waiting for a good time to bring it up, since it's likely a fight might start, and we always try to make sure the twins aren't around when they happen. We're dropping them off at their (maternal) grandparents' house
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    later, so I'll be hearing his feelings on all this then. I'm worried now that even if I was right for being upset yesterday, I went too far by getting so heated and raising my voice, as well as for throwing out personal barbs when I should have tried to stay calm and refuse her like an adult.
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    I really regret calling her what I did too, and plan on apologizing for that, no matter what judgment I get here. So, AITA? Edit: I'm so sorry about the previous formatting, I wrote this in a different app since I hate writing longer posts on Reddit mobile and didn't realize how it would transfer.
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    mynewusername10. 5 hr. ago NTA.. tell MIL that you'll get the paternity test with the understanding that when it comes back that he's the father she will never contact you
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    again. No visits to the house, no texts, nothing. On a side note. does your mom's sx life have to do with you?
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    mildnatest OP. 4 hr. ago She is thoroughly convinced that I'll somehow force my husband into an open marriage of some kind due to what my mother did, despite my mother and I's situations being completely different.
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    miyuki_m 4 hr. ago Based on what you've written, this woman has been trying to destroy your relationship with your husband for years. She clearly hates your presence in her son's life and wants you gone.
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    This is why losing your temper and yelling at her is not going to achieve the outcome you want. She knew it would ps you off off she came into your home and accused you of infidelity during what was
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    supposed to be a happy occasion. She even did so in private, so the only thing your husband heard was you be ting his mom. I'm sure he knows what she's like,
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    but is he really going to be thinking rationally about you k king his mom out of the house and the wedding? If your husband won't step up and tell his mother that she needs to treat you with respect,
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    you need to either leave him or find a way to beat her at her own game. Otherwise, you're going to spend the rest of your MIL's life being treated like c p. And she'll be talking s tabout you to your kids, too, along with anyone else who will listen.
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    This woman is waging war on you and your marriage. You need to decide whether your marriage is worth saving, and if so, you need to start thinking
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    strategically. Don't let her make you look like the ab ive, cheating b ch she wants everyone to believe you are.
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    oroborus90 - 4 hr. ago I agree with other commentaries. To avoid further conflict about such a heavy subject, please do the test. But then take the results, open it with your husband and then burn the paper.
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    Why other people think that they are entitled to the "evidence"? that is info that belong to you, husband and kids. Let the extended family rt in the p son of their
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    own conflicted hearts. You and husband can tell.them the truth but they are not entitled to a f king piece of paper.
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