Her husband eventually relented and told her she didn’t fit in with his family. Being half-black, the woman asked her husband if she didn’t fit in because of her race. Her husband denied race being a factor. Yet, the hesitation in his voice when pressed about his mother’s feelings gave the woman pause. She continued questioning him until he relented.

It emerged that her mother-in-law harbored resentment towards her race, her personality, her political beliefs, and past decisions, such as spending Christmas with their family the first year she and her husband were together. Her mother-in-law had even pressured her husband into trying to find someone more like him when they first began dating.

After the couple married, the woman’s mother-in-law tried to get her husband to spend time away from her in an effort for him to be around people who were more like him. Although the woman was horrified by the admission, she felt vindicated in having a reason for not being invited to dinner.

The woman then asked her husband if he needed even more space from her, and before giving him the chance to reply, went into their bedroom and packed up her belongings. She then went to her sister’s house, from where she made the update post. She did not contact her husband while at her sister’s.

The woman shared that she was giving her husband space and thought that it was likely that they would either get a divorce or separate, but knew it was too early to tell at the time of posting. She ended the update by saying she felt she owed it to everyone who had been so supportive of her in the comments of her original post.

Many commenters shared love and support with the woman, with one saying she had done the right thing and asking her to imagine what it would have been like if she had had children with this man. The person also advised that if her brothers-in-law’s partners ever asked her why she left her husband, she should tell them the truth as they should know the type of mother-in-law they would have.

Another commenter said that the woman leaving was the best thing to do because they thought his mother would either encourage him to cheat or leave her anyway. They said that the woman deserved so much better than what that family had given her. One more person lauded her as being brave for how she was handling this unsavory situation.

What would you have done in this woman’s situation? Do you think she was wrong for going to the restaurant after her husband told her to stay home?

Mother-in-law woes are something many people encounter during their marriages. The woman in this story experienced a disagreement with her mother-in-law over home cleaning.