Caring for a person with a disability is a challenging task, especially when it’s a member of your family. The pressure of helping them with their everyday needs and taking care of other responsibilities might make you exhausted, but it’s your moral duty. The issue arises when others don’t respect your situation and expect you to do other people’s work without even offering any assistance.
Often, family members tend to forget that the person who is taking care of someone might also need help from others. Reddit user Question-56735, who lives in the US, shared the situation that she found herself in and asked people online to share their opinions regarding it.
The woman revealed that she is a caretaker to her husband who had an injury. Her in-laws have been visiting him every day and expect her to feed and entertain them, even though she has the same amount of work as she has to do for her husband. The situation escalated when the woman’s mother-in-law started demanding dinner, despite her having to run around the house taking care of her sick husband.
This was the point when the woman had enough, so read on to find out what happened next.
MIL visits every day, expecting to be fed and entertained, but never helps with the recovery.

MIL visits her son’s house and gets a surprise when her daughter-in-law points to the kitchen

MIL demands dinner and gets a surprise when she finds out who’s cooking

MIL’s shock when she finds out her son’s wife does the cooking!

MIL surprises son and wife and gets a shock when wife points at the kitchen for dinner

MIL gets a shock when the daughter-in-law politely takes control of the conversation and points out her own duties.

MIL’s dinner demand shocks her son’s wife, who points to the kitchen for an unexpected response.

MIL’s dinner demand was met with unexpected pushback: “aggressive wife”

MIL’s visit takes a shocking turn when her son’s wife demonstrates her culinary skills

Mother-in-law gets a surprise when she expects dinner from her son’s wife

MIL’s visit takes an unexpected turn when her son’s wife points to the kitchen for dinner

MIL learns the hard way that her son’s wife has taken over the kitchen

MIL expects dinner, but gets a rude surprise when her son’s wife points to the kitchen!
When her husband had a serious injury weeks ago, his family members come to visit him every day. MIL keeps suggesting things to make her son comfortable but does nothing to help. Yesterday, MIL, her husband, and her son came and asked for dinner, expecting the wife to cook.
Shocked, she pointed to the kitchen and explained she had already eaten and was exhausted from taking care of her husband. MIL got angry and argued, claiming the wife should take care of her guests. The situation escalated and MIL left, saying she felt sorry for her son and grandbaby.
The wife is under a lot of stress trying to take care of her husband while keeping up with house chores and work. In the end, MIL did not get the dinner she wanted. Let’s see what people online had to say about the story .
MIL demands dinner ♀️ NTA! ♀️
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MIL expects dinner, but ✋ NTA!

MIL isn’t a guest, she’s a mooch ♀️

A MIL’s unwelcome visit ♀️

MIL’s ‘help’ comes with ♀️ demands ♀️

MIL shows up uninvited!

When MIL demands dinner, SHOCKER
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NTA: You don’t owe them!

NTA: MIL’s passive-aggressive bitchery

NTA: ♀️Don’t impose on busy folks!

NTA MIL visits son’s house expecting serviced, wife points to the kitchen!

NTA: Guests Not Invited

People always second-guess themselves when it comes to toxic families

NTA! MIL needs to help, not hinder ♀️

MIL gets a lesson in hospitality

NTA! Deadbolt the front door!

NTA MIL demands dinner but gets a shock

Family isn’t just blood!

♀️Setting boundaries is

No invite? No dinner!

NTA: MIL’s actions

NTA – pregnant & taking care of husband expecting free dinner!
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MIL’s dinner demand

NTA: MIL should be helping, not visiting

MIL demands dinner but gets surprised

NTA

NTA: Setting boundaries ✋

Guest or not?
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MIL’s ‘high and mighty’ attitude ♀️

NTA: Don’t expect family to cook, clean, and entertain you!

MIL shows up unannounced

MIL oversteps boundaries ♂️

NTA: Fake throwing up

NTA: MIL demands dinner ♀️

MIL shows up uninvited

NTA: MIL expecting to be catered to

Setting boundaries

NTA: Guests should coordinate

Guest or not?

NTA: Put your foot down!

Banning MIL- NTA

NTA: ✋ Tell them you won’t provide meals

NTA, but how to stop MIL?

NTA: Refuse any more visits!

NTA: MIL unwelcome ♀️

NTA: No expectations of maid service!

NTA: In-laws expecting dinner
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Family drama

MIL invades son’s home and demands dinner!

NTA: Uninvited Guests ♂️

NTA! Setting boundaries

NTA – MIL gets when told she’s a trespasser

Setting limits

NTA: No one’s a guest in family

NTA: ✋ Stop hosting

MIL’s dinner request ✋

NTA MIL gets put in her place!
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NTA! MIL Kitchen
