MOTHER-IN-LAW? More like mother-out-lawed. A wronged woman is taking her mother-in-law to court for defamation after finding out the rumors she spread about her baby. Redditor Legitimate_Ant_1293 shared the family drama in a viral post.
The new mother explained that after giving birth to her firstborn, her relationship with her in-law became increasingly strained. "[It] wasn’t too bad at the beginning. She wasn’t a super nice person, but my husband said she was always like this," she said.
"She was always neutral when it came to me, not happy, not sad, not mad." Things changed quickly after she got pregnant, which coincided her acceptance of a new job, forcing her and her husband to move a few states away. "This was not planned, we weren’t trying to get pregnant, and my job sent me to live in Washington, so we moved there, and then I found out I was pregnant," she said.
"My husband and I were elated, and with my new job and the savings I had been building, we decided to keep the baby. "We told his family after the second trimester since I have a heart condition and some other chronic illnesses that made the first trimester difficult for me. "It was emotionally and physically tiring, and I was constantly terrified of losing the baby.
But we made it, and my doctors felt more confident, so we told our families over FaceTime." While her husband's family was overjoyed for them, her mother-in-law was the sole exception. "She said 'If you knew you were having a baby, why did y.