By now we know that there are plenty of mothers-in-law that are truly awful to their children’s spouses, and this one certainly takes the cake. A women shares on Reddit that her MIL did the unthinkable – she brought her husband’s ex-wife to their wedding. Yup, you read that right.
The OP explains that her husband divorced his first wife, Mindy, four years ago, but many in his family consider her “the love of his life,” even though he insists that’s not the case and even says their relationship was “pretty toxic.” Apparently many people in the family took their divorce “pretty hard,” especially his mom who was “so, so, so in love with Mindy.”
The OP says in time she and her MIL “bonded,” specifically after the FIL passed away, and things got even better when the couple welcomed their first son. The OP says that after they had the baby they decided to use the little bit of money the FIL left them to buy a house and “have a small celebration after we were legally married." The MIL didn’t think it was good enough and offered to pay for a wedding, and while they initially resisted, they eventually gave in.
Cut to the wedding day, and the MIL shows up with Mindy as her plus one. When they asked why she brought her, the MIL simply said “because it was a special day,” but the husband was having none of it and told her Mindy had to leave. “My MIL got angry and said that she paid for the wedding and she could invite anyone she wanted," the OP writes, but her son stood his ground and when the MIL said that if Mindy had to go she would follow and he said “then do.”
The MIL backed down and stayed, while Mindy left, but the OP says the MIL spent the whole night mad, and even when they offered to pay her back half the money she responded “the damage was already done.”
- She then asked Reddit for advice, and, as you can imagine, most were not at all down with the MIL’s actions.
- “She absolutely planned to be sneaky about this, or she would've told them who she was bringing ahead of time," one person shared.
- "This was calculated, on purpose and malicious," another wrote. "Nobody brings the ex of the bride or groom to the wedding except to cause drama."
Source:Café Mom