"You're a glorified babysitter": 31-year-old stay-at-home-mom refuses to let mother-in-law crash at their place after insulting her parenting, husband takes his mom's side

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jun 28, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. People love to diss on stay-at-home moms. Actually, people love to diss on women in general for basically anything they do. A man with a job is like a knight in shining armor, providing for his family and being so brave to stride through work everyday. A woman going to work? Never enough. Being a stay-at-home mom? Basically unemployed. Being both a full-time worker, and a full-time parent and caring for the home is much more than a full-time job. People might want to argue that feminism had made great strides, which it has. But in so many ways we are still living in the 1950s. The expectations for women are still to be a beautiful, loving, and perfect mother, but with the added expectation of being a full-time worker. 

In the story below, the protagonist is a stay-at-home mom with two young babies, both under 2-years-old. Her MIL apparently doesn't respect her line of work, and she makes that apparent. 

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    AITAH for refusing to let my MIL stay with us after she called me a “Glorified Babysitter “ because I’m a SAHM

    "You're holding a grudge"
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    I (F31) have been a stay-at-home mom for three years. My husband (M33) and I agreed on this—I left
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  • Don't bite the hand that feeds you, or better yet, don't insult the homeowner of a home you want to crash at for any period of time. When asking for favors from people, they have every right to say no. It's better to give them every incentive to help you, especially if you're the MIL in the story here. 

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    my job to take care of our kids (1F and 2M) while he works. It's hard, but we make it work.
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    Enter my MIL. She's always been... a lotttt. Passive-aggressive comments about how I "don't contribute," how my husband
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    "works so hard," blah blah. But last weekend, she crossed the line.
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    She was visiting and saw me cleaning up after the kids while my husband played video games. She smirked and said, "Must be
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    nice to just sit around all day while my son pays for everything. You're basically a glorified babysitter."
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    I. Saw. Red. Like a bull ready to charge.
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    I told her, "Actually, I run this house, raise your grandkids, and save us thousands in childcare. But sure, keep pretending your son would survive a week without me."
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    She gasped, my husband froze, and I walked out. Later, he said I was "too harsh" and that she's "old-school." Cool. Then he drops
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    the bomb: "She wants to stay with us for two weeks next month." H I noo
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    I said "absolutely not". Not unless she apologizes. Now my husband's ped, saying I'm "holding a grudge" and "making
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    things difficult." But am I? She insulted me in my own home.
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    AITA for refusing to let her stay, or should I just sk it up to keep the peace?
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    Ok-Coconut824 • 1h ago NTA. It's already bad when she visits, it'll be 10x worse if she stays for 2 weeks. If your husband wants her to stay
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    there, then he should get you a 2-week trip somewhere so you can relax; and his mom can take care
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    of everything while you're gone since you're just a "glorified babysitter".
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    kazbrekkerismylove ⚫ 1h ago NTA you need to sit down with your husband and talk to him about his mother. it's
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    only going to get worse and he needs to stick up for you, especially because you both decided this. i also don't really know what he means.
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    by her being 'old-school' because usually that describes people who like traditional gender roles.
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    Bearliz 1h ago NTA. Old school? Old school would want you home taking care of the kids and house.
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