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My DIL Called Me a “Burden” in Front of Everyone—Her Mother Heard It and Immediately Stood Up

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I thought moving in with my son’s family would be a temporary arrangement built on love and mutual support, but I soon realized they saw me as an unwanted burden. After years of quietly helping them, one cruel dinner forced me to choose my own peace and walk away. Many stories are sent to us by real people via email, with names and identifying details changed for privacy. Watch until the end and tell me in the comments: would you have made the same choice?

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20 Comments

@jen38541 1 month ago

A very refreshing change to have the other parents be sensible people.

@cheryla3958 1 month ago

Nice story. Glad to see in-laws stepping in to call out bad behavior.

@wandaAnthony2 1 month ago (edited)

More in-laws like Martha and her husband. People who act like actual people instead of entitled snobs.

@ElfieSilberberger-c8w3q 1 month ago

to leave a dog wining for release is cruelty

@met999000 1 month ago

It's pretty strange that a son would ask his mother to pick up a propane tank. Whether she can or not, that's not only rude, it's not chivalrous.

@met999000 1 month ago

How can the DIL not know who cosigned the loan for her business?
She must be a terrible business woman

@momslastword 1 month ago

The moment her mother heard the DIL call me a “burden,” I knew someone was finally going to speak up.

@breecotlar4698 1 month ago

Excellent ending. Absolutely no complaints or revisions.

@met999000 1 month ago

DIL Is a bully but her mother is a sensible honest forthright person.
In her dad knew exactly what was going on with that grill and who should have been bringing the propane

@marybriggs2557 1 month ago

Love the story, so glad her own mom called her out. Listening from Tennessee ❤❤❤❤

@lorin3063 1 month ago

Loved this story! It was great hearing Martha call out her adult child, Vivian, on her entitlement and rewriting of reality. Martha rightly put Vivian in her place and exposed how supportive her mother-in-law had been to them both. Finally, even after “sincere” apologies from these entitled children, she kept her boundaries and didn’t allow for more exploitations. Again, great story where these entitled adults are held to account for their bad behavior. Thank you!

@brendamartin-i7r 1 month ago

I thought she was there to rehab after surgery, seems her family felt she was there to take care of them!

@nina-organic 1 month ago

If she's healed, why isn't she moving out?

@SherryKirksey-x5k 3 weeks ago

KARMA against the STUPID DIL

@gwats19577 1 month ago

46-year Denver resident... Love the local references....😍😍😍

@SandraConrad-w7p 3 weeks ago

what a coward he is stop paying their bills its abuse

@emmed56 1 month ago

I see everyone saying it, I too was glad to see the mil defend the other mil! What a switch!
I think it was wrong of the dil to send a written apology, it should have been in person in front of the people she showed her ass in front AND with the same level of clarity and passion she used to berate her mil!

@patriciaoaks582 1 month ago

I'd eat ramen noodles in a park before I'd go back to their house

@suzannestanley 2 weeks ago

Mom- are you in the position to go home!!!? Id get the hell out of there. 😊

@ginmardoui 8 days ago

She was invited to recuperate after her surgery, in their basement, and did housework for them too? What the heck? They took in his mother to be their unpaid extra help. Bravo Martha for standing up for Marisa, pointing out her substantial financial help to your stupid, ill mannered daughter. A big change from the usually entitlted parents in laws that these stories have.