Most parents don’t have to be told to worry about their children, especially when it comes to health. That’s especially true if you’re a first-time parent, when every cough or sniffle has you on edge and the slightest flush to their cheeks or change to their sleeping habits has you running to Dr. Google. What we’re getting at is that parents worry enough on their own, and anyone trying to get them to worry more — like, for example, overstepping parents-in-law — will probably not be received with a whole lot of appreciation.
Unfortunately, a woman on Reddit is dealing with that exact situation, and she’s about at her limit. The woman, aka our OP (original poster, which is Reddit-speak for the person who authored the post), has a mother-in-law who insists on commenting unhelpfully on OP’s toddler son — and specifically, on her son’s weight. OP feels her MIL is overstepping and is ready to set some hard boundaries, but she took to Reddit’s Am I the Asshole (AITA) forum to see if she’s taking things too seriously (as her husband seems to think).
So how bad are the comments, and are they really worth semi-cutting off her MIL the way OP is planning to do? Read the full story ahead to decide for yourself (and stick around for Reddit’s mince-no-words responses).