We love our pets, so when we go away, we naturally want to ensure we leave them in the care of someone we know and trust. For one Reddit user, her first choice of petsitters was unavailable when she and her partner needed to go out of town, so they asked her MIL.
The OP explained that her MIL only lives five minutes away, so all she needed to do was come over around three times each day to feed the dog and let her out for the toilet. The OP and her partner paid her for her time, and she sent them video updates while they were gone.
However, things took a strange turn when the MIL decided to do more than just care for the dog. She began cleaning the house, rearranging furniture, and redecorating rooms without asking. While she believed her actions were helpful, the OP felt like her boundaries were being crossed, and it caused a lot of tension between them.
The Redditor says her MIL tends to be nosy, so before they left, she and her partner locked the bedroom doors in the house. One of the rooms was a mess, and the OP was embarrassed, so she didn’t want her MIL to see it and judge her.
When they got home, the OP and her partner discovered that both locks had been picked. The OP’s MIL had cleaned the messy room and thrown out some of their things.
The OP is diabetic and uses expensive cap needles for her insulin pens. They were missing from the room, and it turns out her MIL had thrown them out thinking they were rubbish.
She had even put sofa covers on the couches! But the OP says she was most upset about her picking the locks and invading their privacy.
The Redditor says that now she is concerned about potentially marrying into this family. She said she knows her MIL will be gossiping to the entire family about the “messy room” in her house.
So, the OP turned to the Reddit community for advice. Keep scrolling to see how people reacted.
The Redditor shared a story about how her MIL picked her locks and cleaned while she was meant to be dogsitting.
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She explained that she and her partner had to go out of town, so they asked her MIL to dogsit.
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Knowing MIL can be nosey, the couple locked their bedroom doors before they left.
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When they came home, they discovered MIL had picked their locks and cleaned the bedrooms.
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She even put sofa covers on their couches.
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The OP is wondering if this is what she has to look forward to.
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So, the OP turned to the Reddit community for advice.
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Here’s how people reacted.
Reddit/PhantomStrangeSolitu
“He is wrong for not shutting that behavior down.”
Reddit/sqquishy79
Better safe than sorry.
Reddit/MsAdvencha
Okay, but did you confront her?
Reddit/kevin_k
“It’s going to get much, much worse.”
Reddit/ScarieltheMudmaid
This is only the beginning!
Reddit/kriminologie
“Never let her in your house again.”
Reddit/politicaleagle000
“That’s called breaking and entering.”
Reddit/ZarinaBlue
“Make sure he doesn’t throw you under the bus.”
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She’s redecorating?
Reddit/TiredUnoriginalName
“This is a huge crossing of boundaries.”
Reddit/ViolasDIL
Culture is no excuse.
Reddit/GreenTeaYe
She needs to pay for your meds.
Reddit/mazdanc
“It speaks volumes.”
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What are your thoughts on this situation? Do you think the OP is overreacting, or was her MIL entirely out of line for invading her and her partner’s privacy that way?
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