Mother-in-law tries to move in with her son, and evict her daughter-in-law from her own home with a poorly faked notice, has her grand plan spectacularly backfire: ‘She canceled the moving van and they had to haul her stuff back to her house’

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Etai Eshet • Editor
May 21, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Entitlement can come in many shapes and forms, but rarely does one get to wake up in a twilight zone of mother-in-law fever dream like the woman in today's story. Luckily for her, her mother-in-law's plans adhered to "what comes around goes around" and boomeranged right back into her face and sent her right back where she belongs (although handcuffs were needed for her to get there).

Instead of finishing another hard day's work and coming home to shower and chill, this woman had to deal with a coup attempt. Not just any coup, but one led by her mother-in-law, Betty, armed with what Betty thought was a Trojan-level scheme and the intimidation tactics of a Mongolian general, if Genghis Khan's battle plan was written in crayon on printer paper. The would-be matriarch rolled up with a moving van and a DIY "eviction notice" that had all the legal muscle of a toddler's forged excuse note: zero authority, maximum delusion.

In her mind, she was conquering new territory and liberating her precious baby boy, in practice, she was demanding a transfer of property based on pure audacity and shaky handwriting. When her threats landed with less weight than her empty moving boxes, she tried to escalate with law enforcement, only to discover the karmic boomerang flies fastest when you're the one tossing it. The cops, unimpressed by her warrior spirit and legal stylings, kindly returned her to her place in the universe, with the help of handcuffs and a strong wrist.

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  • 01
    I was thinking back on all of the situations with BB and there are two here I'd like to share. The first happened soon after the incident in my last post and the other a few months later. March 2017: (DH told me about this as I wasn't home at the time. I was at work.) A few weeks after the whole Valentine's Day incident, DH was at home and BB showed up again. She was pounding on the door, screaming at it and demanding to be let in.
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    "My MIL tried to move into my house and have me evicted"

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    DH went to answer it and she barged in and demanded to know where he was being kept. DH: Mom, what are you talking about? BB: Tell mommy, DH. Where does she keep you? I know she is keeping you in here and you can't leave. Do you need help escaping from that witch? DH: Mom, you're not making any sense. BB: You're not answering your phone and when I tried calling her she didn't answer. DH: OP is at work. She took an extra shift. I didn't know you called. My phone is on the charger in the bedroom.
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    BB: Is she abusing you, baby? I can help you if you let me. DH: No. BB: So why won't she let you see me? DH: She doesn't let me do anything. She doesn't control me and she's not ab ive. DH told me he had had enough by this point, asked her to leave and sat back down on the couch to resume playing COD.
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    What happened next had me physically gagging as he was telling me about it. She bounded over to him like a prancing deer and sat in his lap and giggled. His mic was on and his whole team could hear as she pulled his head against her brasts and call him her good boy. The act had surprised him so much that he sprang from the couch, throwing her down to the floor. His team was laughing hysterically as he was yelling at her and chasing her out of the house, swinging the xbox controller like a madman
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  • 07
    Anyway, that was story 1. Onto story number 2, per the title, she tried to kick me out of my own June 2017: house. DH was still in med school at this point and suffered a torn ACL in his knee. He had been going to the gym regularly to stay in shape and live a healthy lifestyle but the rigorous training caught up to him.
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    When I got the call, I hauled a to the hospital, still in my work clothes. I was given the entire rundown of what I would need to do to aid him at home, maintain his appointments, administer his meds if needed, massage techniques to promote healing, etc. DH was given six months to a year to fully recover from his injury and it left him in a deep depres on. He decided to give up med school. This was unpopular with a lot of his relatives but it sent BB into a tailspin.
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    Lovlies. She freaked. And I mean, freaked. Imagine that meme of that woman who screamed NOOO when Donald I was elected the first time. It was just like that. BB: How could you do this?! You are ruining your future! DH: I can do something else. I don't want to become a doctor. You wanted that for me.
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    BB: Did OP put you up to this? It's all her fault. I swear this woman never misses a chance to demonize me. I went to hide out in the bathroom because my IBS was flaring up being near her. That was a fun four hours. (NOT!) DH was put on a limited schedule to make healing easier on him. He only had to go in twice a week and sit behind a desk in the dealership workshop. It kept his job and I was taking on more shifts to offset our income. It left me physically exhausted but it was only temporary u
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    BB had decided that me being away from home to work and keep a roof over our heads was considered spousal abe and neglect and she believed that I had forced DH to drop out of med school. After I had gotten home from work a few weeks into his recovery, I was shocked to see a moving van parked in my driveway. BB was trying to move her shinto my house! I had to park on the street because the van was taking up the entire driveway. I went into the house to find BB screaming at DH who was sitting on t
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    I asked what was going on and why BB was in my house. BB: I'm not going to let you ruin my baby boy's future. I'm moving in and you're leaving. Me: Excuse me? BB: That's right. I have the eviction notice right here. BB handed me a piece of paper that had the word EVICTION clearly printed on a simple piece of printer paper. There was no letter head or formal notice. It was simply her words printed on paper that said I had to leave immediately or the police would be called to home. Ime out of her
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    I looked at DH who was on the verge of tears by this point. Torn ACL or not, he should have had the b lls to stand up to her. I was exhausted and just wanted to take a shower and get some sleep as I had work the next day but I was forced to deal with this situation. I looked at BB who was looking smug. I looked at DH who wouldn't make eye contact with me. You ever just decide to let someone hang themselves? Yeah, I called her bluff.
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    I looked back at BB and smiled at her. She genuinely seemed unnerved by this, especially when I told her to call the police. She took out her phone and called them. The lies she spewed had me reeling. She said I was ab ive, controlling and I had purposefully injured him to make him quit med school, that I was illegally in her house and I was refusing to leave. I made it a point to grab a beer out of the bridge, to walk past her into my living room and sit down in a chair, put my feet on the coff
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    When the police arrived, I said to BB that if she was going to move in, then she needs to make herself useful and open the door. I had a long day and wanted to put my feet up. Yeah, I was being extra bitchy. I don't care. She let the police in and guided them into the living room and pointed at me. BB: That's her. She's refusing to leave my house. Police: Ma'am, are you aware you are currently trespassing into this woman's home?
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    Me: I don't know how I can do that when her home is on the other side of town. This isn't her home. It's mine and my husband's home. Police: I'm confused. This isn't your house? BB: It is. DH owns it and wants me to move in to take care of him. DH, tell them I live here. DH didn't answer. BB looked annoyed and I laughed. BB: You need to leave.
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    Police: So wait, who owns this house, you or him? (Pointing at me) Me: Officer, my husband and I are currently renting this house from (landlord's name). I can give you his number to call. BB does not live here. She is the one trespassing. BB: That isn't true. DH owns this house! He told me! Officer, make her leave now!" The officer ignores her and takes the phone number for my landlord and calls. After confirming that it was indeed mine and DH's home, he came back.
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    Police: Okay, so I spoke with (landlord's name) and confirmed that Miss OP and Mr DH are the current tenants and you are not on the lease. Unless they say you can stay, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. BB looked at me then at DH. He looked away from her. BB: You better tell them, DH! DH: Mom, please leave. Me: Don't let the door hit you on the way out, BB. Police: That's all I needed. Okay, Miss BB. It's time to go.
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    BB went berserk. When the officer took her by the arm she shoved him in the chest as she tried to walk out. The officer grabbed her and told her she was being arrested for assault on an officer and she began shrieking that he her. She was was trying to screaming hysterically as he put her on the floor and put her in cuffs. DH and I watched as another officer stepped inside to assist and she was carried out. She was kicking and spitting at the cops as she screamed murder. She got charged with res
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    She only spent a night in jail and got let out on bail after seeing the judge. She canceled the moving van and they had to haul her sh back to her house. She ended up going NC with us until Thanksgiving, which again I wasn't invited to. Ahhh, a few quiet, peaceful months.
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