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AITA for refusing to cut my hair for my boyfriend's mom's birthday dinner?
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The classic, “You don't have a MIL problem, you have a husband problem.” Except it's her boyfriend and soon-to-be mother-in-law. Well, hopefully not.
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While imagining having this woman as a mother-in-law is stress-inducing, dating someone that is unwilling to stand up for his girlfriend is worse.
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60-year-old mom demands that son's 23-year-old girlfriend make her curly hair more "presentable" for her fancy birthday dinner, she refuses to change her look to appease her: "Could do something more "elegant" with your hair[?]"
When I was a small, Latin American child growing up in the US, I was completely and utterly obsessed with Shakira. Not only did I want to be able to move my belly like hers, I wanted a big head of curly hair. My hair was black and pin-straight, but I didn't lose hope. I prayed and prayed, and at some point after puberty hit, my hair changed. It didn't quite get to Shakira level, but it became very wavy. Unfortunately, I spent the next 10 years clamping every strand under the burning heat of an iron. I came to my senses in my twenties, and I'm still on my curly-girl journey, trying to figure out the best routine to bring out all the waves.
In our story today, a confident girl with curls is told to do something different with her hair for her boyfriend's mom's birthday. Mom demands that she make more of an effort to look "presentable." She doesn't leave much to read between the lines, huh?