By WittyMoron - 01/07/2015 18:10 - United Kingdom

Today, our family dog died. A couple of hours after the death, my mother-in-law slapped my crying five year old son over the head and told him to "Man up." She totally refuses to admit she did anything wrong. FML
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WittyMoron 22

I told my wife that was completely unacceptable, and as some people said, I took the high road in not slapping her back. I began an argument with my wife about it, and it got a bit intense. I told her that her mother could not come back, and she got quite angry. I went into the living room and began to cry. This is what gets me. What she did taught him the wrong thing. My son came in, said "Man up, daddy!" and tried to slap me, but he's little so it didn't hurt. But anyway, I got even more furious that he had learnt something from it. The argument ensued. Things are a bit cold. Sleeping on the sofa now but I told my son it's okay to be upset. Buried the dog, and needless to say my MIL is not invited back for a little while.

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mikeman1744 18

Bury your mother-in-law next to the dog

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Quiet_one 22

I'm so sorry, OP. Some people have no empathy. My dad told me that we all needed to get over it and stop being sad the day we got my old dog's terminal cancer diagnosis. He gets really annoyed whenever people are showing emotions that he doesn't also feel. Since moving out and realizing that none of my friends grew up with that (among other behaviors), I think he has some kind of undiagnosed mental disorder. If this woman is willing to hit a child, you need to distance yourself from her- cut off all contact if that's what it takes. She should not be around your son.

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Suicidal_Divide 17

I would have went all kinds of crazy on her!

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worldclassrager 39

An obvious cat lover... Learn some sympathy...come on he's five

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LegionRapier61 8

Not going to lie... that **** would be waking up in a hospital.

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jayray313 21

Smack your mother in law in the head and kick her out of the house

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Nicki90 5

She's a ******* bitch- seriously slap her or you need to not allow her to see your child anymore

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Sathane 21

Mother-in-law or not, she slaps your son, she gets a slap across the face.

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artistswife 19

Show her all these comments. She will know that everyone else in the world thinks she did something wrong.

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SPN_lover666 27

Knowing her type, she will play the victim and still think she is innocent and blame OP for all of this.

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artistswife 19

I believe you are correct. Unfortunately I know the type also.

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