A WIFE has revealed her frustrations with her in-laws due to being a working mom.
After revealing her husband’s salary, it made the family dynamic worse, and now he’s even more upset.
Redditor PlaneKoala1680 revealed in a post her financial situation with her husband and why she chooses to work.
“We make enough to not worry about rent and necessities, we are saving a decent amount and have scope for growth in our careers,” she wrote.
She explained that she makes a little more than 1/3 of their combined income.
” We are both in our late 30s and we have two six-year-old boys,” she added.
The original poster admitted that she has never liked most of her husband’s family because of their old-fashioned opinions, and how they don’t really approve of her.
“My husband’s cousin’s wedding is this week and they are getting married in our city, so he offered for his parents and aunt and uncle to stay with us,” she said.
After being there for two days, she heard them having a discussion on how their children won’t get to have a “proper” childhood with their mom at home.
Later, she asked her husband if he could “please tell them to shut up with the snide comments.”
“Somehow it feels like more his responsibility because it’s his family involved here,” she wrote.
He replied it was “just their opinion” and wasn’t really hurting her feelings.
He also said if she was so bothered she should stick up for herself, which is exactly what she did.
When her father-in-law made a “pointed comment” during dinner, she revealed her husband’s salary.
She said that they cannot live on his salary in the big city they live in with the high cost of living and rent.
She couldn’t be a stay-at-home mom and added that they were pretty quiet after that.
“Now my husband is really angry with me because I put him down in front of his family who are all richer than us and will look down on him,” she explained.
Redditors agreed that she was in the right and did not blame her for her actions.
“I think you handled things perfectly given the fact that your husband is a textbook ah and doesn’t defend you when he should.
“He doesn’t get to be mad for the way you chose to do what he said. You just took his advice.”
“Also, is he a teenager? Why is he so pressed about his family knowing such trivial things as your rent and general income?”
“If he didn’t want you to say those things, he should have had your back I guess.”
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“That’s just it. He didn’t want the situation handled. He wanted his wife to just take it and keep her mouth shut,” another added.
“I’m thinking that is why he told her he couldn’t fight her battles for her. He expected her to let it go and put up with it.”
“His reverse UNO backfired when she threw down a Draw 4.”