Cooking, Mother in law and Miscellaneous: Today, my mother-in-law came over for dinner. She decided to...

By NaCl - 24/05/2014 21:20 - United States - Duluth

Today, my mother-in-law came over for dinner. She decided to salt the food I was preparing without even tasting it first, then complained at dinner that I'd used too much salt. She then lectured me on the proper seasoning of food for the rest of the evening. FML

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By salt bomb - 02/03/2023 07:00 - United States

Today, I spent all day carefully preparing a wonderful homemade beef and vegetable stew from scratch. Close to dinner time, I tasted it and it was inedibly salty. Confused, my horrifically bratty stepdaughter then laughed and admitted she poured salt in it because it wasn’t what she wanted for dinner. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/06/2022 18:00

Today, I cooked for the future in-laws and was accused of trying to poison them. Absolutely no one told me, even as they watched me cook shrimp and smoked sausage gumbo, that my mother-in-law is deathly allergic to shellfish and my father-in-law gets severe diarrhoea when he eats pork. FML

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By Sad and hungry - 25/04/2020 17:00

Today, my in-laws invited us over to dinner. I decided to help out in the kitchen and watched in horror as my mother-in-law licked every utensil, sucked her fingers while making the plates and slurped wine straight from the bottle. My husband said I was rude for refusing to eat. FML

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By badcook - 24/09/2009 19:10 - United States

Today, my mother-in-law gifted us with a new microwave. I told her it was too much and we didn't really need it. Her response, "I just want my grandkids to have food that tastes good for once." I'm a chef. FML

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Never enough

By Anonymous - 22/03/2013 10:49 - United States

Today, my grandmother has been complaining that I spend too much on food, so I started cooking food from scratch. I happily showed her my recipe book and encouraged her to try a few. She then mocked me for wasting time by not buying frozen food. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/05/2012 11:44 - Australia - Sydney

Today, I had dinner with my family for the first time in a couple of days. My mum and dad spent the majority of the time arguing whether salt or pepper weighed more. This is why I'm not home often. FML

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By Damnsoup - 03/07/2009 00:12 - United Kingdom

Today, I went to my fiancé's house to have dinner with his family for the first time. Trying to be polite at the end of the meal I went to take the plates in to the kitchen. I overestimated how heavy the half-finished soup pot was, and threw soup all over myself and future mother-in-law. FML

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Lock her up!

By Anonymous - 16/10/2022 18:00

Today, my mother-in-law blackmailed and force-fed my toddler some very spicy food. She screamed at me when I tried to stop her. Three different pediatricians have advised no spicy food for my toddler due to a stomach condition, but of course my MIL knows better than all doctors. FML

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By YOU KNOW WHAT, FUCK THE CUSTOMER - 20/07/2013 17:47 - United States - Sherwood

Today, at work, a woman came up to the snack bar and ordered a pretzel with no salt. When I served her the food, she angrily complained about it having no salt, followed by her throwing the whole thing in my face. FML

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By anon - 06/01/2015 00:15 - Australia - Sydney

Today, I spent hours cooking an amazing dinner for my family, who had just gotten home from a trip, so we could spend some time together because I'd started to miss everyone. When they got home, they saw it all laid out and just took plates to their room, without even telling me they were home. FML

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nyancait 18

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:13

Just so everybody knows, 'mother in law' is an anagram of 'woman Hitler'. Take from that what you will.

Vanubo 10

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:17

You could call that Verbal As-salt

Comments

PiratePete 14

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:13

The perfect ruse. Very stealthy.

nyancait 18

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:13

Just so everybody knows, 'mother in law' is an anagram of 'woman Hitler'. Take from that what you will.

pooldude 24

Sunday 25 May 2014 12:02

God why oh why must all the in laws be such a hard crowd to please! i think it's a universal thing!

TyChief 8

Sunday 25 May 2014 16:58

I can't stop laughing. lol

SweetPatchWater 5

Sunday 25 May 2014 19:51

Ugh this scenario from op is so familiar and this response is so dead on, that if this where me I would of called her out in front of everyone as soon as she touched my seasoning.

taintedmind 6

Tuesday 27 May 2014 11:33

You deff go on 9gag!! :D

whitetiger13131 26

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:13

Mother in laws... just out to get you :D

miggles 16

Sunday 25 May 2014 12:42

you seem... very happy about that..

bombielol 20

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:13

agh you shoulda lectured her on how to shut the hell up

kylieh72 25

Sunday 25 May 2014 17:39

Yeah the OP needs to stand up for themselves. So do most of the other people that post about their in-laws.

Earl_KarmasBitch 34

Monday 26 May 2014 11:28

Pour salt in her wine and then ask her why the hell she'd be so stupid as to add salt to her wine. When she says she didn't salt the wine, you did, reply that you didn't oversalt the food, she did. Then kill her in front of the rest of her family cause they're probably just as sick of her as you are.

Vanubo 10

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:17

You could call that Verbal As-salt

LeFrogDog 27

Sunday 25 May 2014 16:26

Ill take that with a grain of salt

communisttaco 16

Sunday 25 May 2014 18:58

So many puns...

IGaveRickUp 15

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:19

Just smile and stab. :)

chickinblue 12

Sunday 25 May 2014 20:00

@39 It's a mother-in-law, I don't think I would call it too insane

91hayek 31

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:21

You could have just written the first sentence of the post and that would have been all you needed. FYL OP sometimes you just can't win.

pumboc 23

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:22

And the monster-in-law award goes too...

ItsMissLia 19

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:23

Sorry OP.. Mother in Laws can be a handful. Maybe talk to your husband about it? She may not listen to you but maybe her own son.. That was a b*tch move on her part & that behavior needs to be corrected