'This is our marriage. not yours': Wife finally stands up to her husband’s mom, calling out her years of passive-aggressive digs, leaving the mother-in-law stunned

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  • AITAH for telling my husband’s Mom to back off when she blamed me Again?

    "Every time something happens in our marriage mom finds a way to make it my fault"
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  • i'm just... so tired. every single time something goes wrong in our marriage anything at all his mom finds a way to make it my
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  • fault. he's stressed at work? must be because i'm not "supportive enough." he forgets to pay a bill? clearly i'm "distracting him too
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  • much." he gets sick? yup, somehow that's also on me. she never says it outright. she's too careful for that. it's always little
  • comments like, "maybe if you cooked healthier food..." "he was so focused before you came into his life." "i just want my son to be
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  • happy again." like... what the h | is that supposed to mean? we've been married two years. not perfect, but we're figuring it out.
  • but instead of helping, she just adds fuel to the fire. and the worst part? he never defends me. he just sits there. silent. every
  • single time. like he's scared to upset her. i finally snapped. last weekend, we were all at their place for dinner. he mentioned
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  • feeling overwhelmed with stuff job, bills, life and immediately she turns to me like, "what are you doing to help him?" i literally
  • dropped my fork. i said, "maybe instead of pointing fingers, you could let me help your son the way we think is best. this is our
  • marriage. not yours." and oh my god, the look on her face. like i just slapped her. she didn't even respond. just stood up and went
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  • to the kitchen. my husband looked like he wanted to disappear into the floor. we left early. the silence in the car was
  • brutal. now he says i embarrassed him. says i "should've just let it go." his mom's upset. she hasn't called him since that night. and now somehow i'm the villain again.
  • i just wanted to stand up for myself. i wanted her to stop treating me like i'm the reason her grown a son has problems. but now everything feels worse.
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  • was i wrong for calling her out like that in front of him? should i have just stayed quiet to keep the peace? AITAH?

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