1. LW does not have a MIL problem but a husband problem. "Just a joke" my ass. If it was "just" a joke, she would've made it once and shut up about it, and he needs to decide if he's going to support his spouse or his mother, because he can't do both. Nobody likes a fencesitter.
2. There are so many holes in this narrative. Stop blaming your DIL for your son's choices, LW!
3. Do we know that DIL "bought luxurious gifts for her family"? No, I don't think we do. This may seem obvious to LW, but it looks a lot less obvious to me. At any rate, LW, nobody is making you do things for DIL. If you don't want to - stop!
4. Well, I really just want to know exactly what DIL is saying to her kids and what the kids think about it. Some teasing in a family or a group of friends may in fact be funny and appreciated if - and this is important! - everybody is in on the joke and feels equally able to tease back and also to say "No, stop, that joke is not okay". Without any context, I don't know who's right.
5. Brother did not grow up eating around this table, he does not have fond memories, and it's all his witchy wife's fault that there was ever a dispute about this table in the first place, got it.
Well, if that story is accurate as reported, does LW5 really want to talk to this woman? Because I wouldn't, if this was the situation.
6. Oh ffs, Abby and LW, you are assholes. LW, if your son is incapable of keeping his house clean, talk to him and apologize for not teaching him better when he was a child. Leave his poor wife out of it!
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2. There are so many holes in this narrative. Stop blaming your DIL for your son's choices, LW!
3. Do we know that DIL "bought luxurious gifts for her family"? No, I don't think we do. This may seem obvious to LW, but it looks a lot less obvious to me. At any rate, LW, nobody is making you do things for DIL. If you don't want to - stop!
4. Well, I really just want to know exactly what DIL is saying to her kids and what the kids think about it. Some teasing in a family or a group of friends may in fact be funny and appreciated if - and this is important! - everybody is in on the joke and feels equally able to tease back and also to say "No, stop, that joke is not okay". Without any context, I don't know who's right.
5. Brother did not grow up eating around this table, he does not have fond memories, and it's all his witchy wife's fault that there was ever a dispute about this table in the first place, got it.
Well, if that story is accurate as reported, does LW5 really want to talk to this woman? Because I wouldn't, if this was the situation.
6. Oh ffs, Abby and LW, you are assholes. LW, if your son is incapable of keeping his house clean, talk to him and apologize for not teaching him better when he was a child. Leave his poor wife out of it!