Husband Can’t Help But Loathe His Mother-In-Law’s Visits, But His Coping Strategy Of Locking Himself In A Bedroom And Playing Video Games Has Him At Odds With His Wife

There’s nothing better than relaxing at the weekend, after a long week of working hard at your job.

But for the man in this story, the weekend coming around means his mother-in-law coming to visit.

And, given her behavior, the visits have become so relentless and depressing that he feels he has no other choice than to hide in his room.

Read on to find out how he ended up fighting with his wife about this.

AITA for locking myself in my bedroom and playing video games while my mother-in-law visits?

My mother-in-law spends every other weekend in my house.

When she’s here, she sits in my favorite chair in my house all day long while barely moving.

On top of this, she’s constantly complaining.

Let’s see how his resentment toward his mother-in-law started piling up.

I am the only one who makes any money in the entire house.

Meanwhile, my motehr-in-law lives on my property for a very low rent.

I could charge almost double what she pays.

So he has reacted in the best way he can.

As a consequence, I lock myself in my bedroom and play videogames while she’s visiting.

My wife gets angry at me for hiding in the room, but I need a break and I really don’t care anymore.

AITA?

It’s clear there’s some real contention between this man, his wife, and his mother-in-law.

Sure it might seem rude and antisocial that he’s hiding from family life.

But when he’s ended up with so much resentment toward a woman who brings the vibes down in his home every other weekend, it’s understandable that he’s so down about it.

Let’s see what Reddit had to say about this.

This person agreed that it was understandable he wanted to stay away from the negativity.

While others encouraged him to set some ground rules in his home.

This Redditor suggested that the visits were reduced, and scheduled.

However, some people thought he needed to decide whether he was on a team with his wife or not.

It’s very common to be irked by family when you’re an adult and they’re in your home, but behaving by their own rules.

So the fact that this man would rather spend his weekends relaxing, instead of being moaned at by a lazy in-law is completely understandable.

But this is a conversation that he needs to have constructively with his wife, to understand where she stands on the issue.

They could be a team on this, and if she feels the same way it’s no wonder she’s getting annoyed at losing her teammate all weekend.

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