30-year-old walks out of airport after entitled mother-in-law surprises her: '[Husband] said I was overreacting'

This person realized far too late that she married a mama's boy, and her overbearing MIL's latest stunt is grounds for divorce.

One of the internet's favorite pastimes is telling people to leave their terrible spouses. When people come to the internet for advice on an issue within their marriage, they'll often get a mix of good advice and "leave him, sis!" type sentiments. Relationships are way more complex than just staying or breaking up, especially if you're married or have kids. But oftentimes, hundreds of commenters telling you to leave your spouse when they're treating you poorly can be quite eye-opening. It makes you reconsider everything about who your spouse is and why they treat you in certain ways. And in cases like this, it makes me wonder if this person has actually hit her limit and truly decided to leave her mama's boy husband once and for all.

Some mothers have this weird obsession with their sons — these days, we call them "boy moms" — and they can't fathom their son ever loving another woman more than her. It's as if they don't want their son to ever get married, because no woman could live up to mom's standards. This dynamic makes it incredibly difficult for a wife to be around her mother-in-law. Even when the MIL is pretending to treat the wife nicely, conversations will be peppered with passive-aggressive comments, little "jokes" that are more mean than funny, and adoration of the son while the wife gets pushed to the wayside. The son is just used to this, and unless he sides with his wife, the marriage will just devolve over time, leading to situations like this stunning mid-airport decision.

You can't always tell when a relationship will end, but moments like this make it pretty clear that things are over. As this woman shared, she and her MIL don't get along. She kind of avoids talking about her husband's relationship to his Mom, yet it still shines through in the story she tells. She shares that she was looking forward to spending 2 weeks with her husband on a nice vacation… only to show up at the airport and discover that her MIL was ready to join in! And not only was she ready to embark on this couple's trip with them, the husband insisted that she come along. Wow. Just such strange behavior. Not to sound like your average internet user but girl… please leave him and find a man who idolizes you and would never dream of bringing Mommy along to a couple's vacation. The bar is on the floor, but at the young age of 30, she can easily start anew and find a much, much better husband (and MIL!).

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