AITA For Throwing Out Husband’s Dinner After He Chose His Mom’s Meal?

The age-old debate of who is in the right, the husband or the wife, has been around for centuries. This particular story involves a wife who was busy making dinner for her husband when his mother called and asked him to come over to eat. He left and the wife, feeling disrespected and unappreciated, threw out the dinner she had made for him. The question is, was she wrong for doing that? Read on to find out more about this story and what the internet has to say about it.

Fed up with her mother-in-law’s interference, the OP struggles to keep her cool when her husband chooses his mom’s meal over hers.

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He wanted his mom’s dinner instead of his wife’s surprise meal. He got it, but with a twist

He chose his mom’s meal over his wife’s, leaving her shocked and disappointed

He chose his mom’s meal over his wife’s – but she stood her ground

He called me petty and horrible after I threw out his dinner!

After living with her husband’s mom for too long, she decides to take a stand and things get heated!

An testing of boundaries as a husband chooses his mom’s meals over his wife’s

Throwaway account update: OP is thankful for the advice and encouragement

Hoping a conversation and couples counseling will help bring this couple closer together

Setting boundaries with family can be hard, but is necessary.

One wife is hoping to make her marriage work, but is she willing to accept what her husband chooses?

The post gained unexpected attention and the inbox was “blowing up”

Is it wrong to stand up for yourself?

It can often be difficult to stand up to a mother-in-law when it seems like she is always trying to make you look bad. In this case, the mother-in-law even goes so far as to call every night to ask what is for dinner and then brag about her own meal. The OP was fed up and decided to take a stand by cooking one of her husband’s favorite meals. Unfortunately, she was surprised when her husband chose to go to his mother’s house instead, which caused her to throw out his dinner in anger. Even though it may have been an extreme reaction, the OP was simply standing up for herself after years of disrespect. Now the OP and her husband must figure out how to move forward and the internet is here to help. Let’s take a look at the comments and reactions.