Las Vegas woman refuses her husband’s demand to move her family into her in-laws' chaotic Maine home: ‘Of the 4 bedrooms in the house, each bedroom has been filled with clutter to the point of them sleeping in their living room instead’

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Etai Eshet • Editor
Jul 5, 2025 8:00 PM EDT

While some families extend invitations, these in-laws prefer to issue ultimatums. This Maine household features a father-in-law with a long memory for grudges and an even longer record at the liquor store, a mother-in-law whose passion for clutter has turned every bedroom into a storage unit, and a home where the only thing more suffocating than the mess is the atmosphere. Moving in is less about joining a family and more about signing up for a social experiment in endurance.

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  • AITAH for not moving in with my in-laws

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  • Promises in this marriage have the shelf life of milk in the sun. The husband, dazzled by nostalgia and the promise of an easy ride at the family restaurant, spins Maine as a haven where parental control is a lifestyle perk. The second child becomes a bargaining chip, with conditions set for job security, location stability, and a permanent end to relocation fantasies. Agreements are made with the enthusiasm of a handshake at a rigged carnival game.

    Reality crashes in thirteen weeks into pregnancy, when the husband announces the move as a done deal and reacts to pushback with a tantrum that leaves doors broken and baby gear in the trash. The police arrive to find a scene straight out of a cautionary tale, confirming that sometimes the only escape from dysfunction is through the front door, custody paperwork in hand.

  • My husband and I met and married in Vegas. His parents live in Maine. After we got married and had our first child, we visited his parents for the first time in Maine.
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  • My husband and his parents have expressed interests in us moving in with them there. My family is in Vegas. Maine culture is very different, and very... lack of diversity.
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  • WELCOME TO Fabulous LAS VEGAS NEVADA
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  • I am black, my husband is asian. His father is also not fond of black people, to the point my MIL told my husband to not let his dad know I'm black while we were dating.
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  • Additionally, my FIL is an alc ic, multiple DUIs with a history of physically abusing and cheating on my MIL. My MIL, has a hoarding issue.
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  • Of the 4 bedrooms in the house, each bedroom has been filled with clutter to the point of them sleeping in their living room instead.
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  • I have expressed I dont want to move there. My husband wants to move there to hang with his childhood friends and his parents taking over his financial responsibility of our family.
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  • Maine
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  • (Living with them in their paid off home, working for their small restaurant just a few hours a day) This has caused many BIG arguments.
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  • His parents also back him up, calling me selfish for not moving to be with them. As I have always also worked, I feel it is not a decision that only my spouse should be making,
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  • especially at my expense of sacrificing everything and living in less than ideal circumstances raising our child.
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  • Flash forward, my husband had been expressing that he wanted to have a second child as our first was getting older. Hesitantly, I told my husband the only way I would agree to a second child is if he promised me he would
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  • 1. Keep his current well- paying job 2. We stay in our current apartment 3. He doesn't try to move us to Maine and stops bringing up the conversation 4. I can stop working so I can take care of our kids
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  • (I went back to work 3-4 days after I gave birth to our first). My husband "sincerely" promised to all of the above.
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  • We tried for a child. 13 weeks into my pregnancy his parents came to visit us and I was dealing with severe morning sickness and anemia.
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  • My husband informs me we are moving to Maine. When I tell him that's not what he promised when he asked me to have another child and I refuse, he becomes irate, throwing things,
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  • throwing our baby's things in the dumpster. When I lock him out to prevent him from throwing out more he breaks the door down.
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  • The next morning he tells me he's quit his job and canceled the lease. I tell him I need to get out the house and go to my mom's.
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  • When I try to leave with my son he calls the police on me. Telling them I'm kidnapping my son because he didnt give me permission to take him.
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  • They show up, I explain to them what's going on. They see the broken down door, tell me legally I can leave with my son but my husband can come and legally take him back but they highly suggest due to his behavior I go on my own and file an emergency...
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  • I stay with my mom and do exactly as the police suggested. AITAH?
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