Woman leaves husband frustrated with response to mother-in-law’s ‘cruel’ comments

A woman overheard her mother-in-law (MIL)saying negative things about her and went on Reddit’s“Am I the A******” forum to discuss the issue.“I overheard my MIL talking to hersister … [she] asked [my MIL] how she feltabout me (we were newly married)”.“[My] MIL said, ‘I don’t hate her or anything,but honestly it sucks when for the rest ofyour life you have to invite someone youdon’t want to Christmas dinner’”.The user didn’t confront her mother-in-lawbut told her husband about the situation.“He said it sucks, but she was probably just tryingto work through her feelings,” the woman wrote.“I told him that I didn’t ever want to go on anotherfamily vacation or holiday because of what she said”.“Now that Thanksgiving is coming up I amsticking to that and he is upset because hethought I would get over it”.Reddit users were sympatheticto the woman’s plight.“If she continues to be cruel thenabsolutely there is no reason to putyourself through that,” one user said.“Your husband should haveyour back,” another said