Today, I found out my mother-in-law is trying to force me to lose weight, even though I am trying, and have a medical condition. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, when my mother-in-law told me I was losing weight, my husband started laughing. FML
Today, my parents came for a visit and spent the whole time pressuring me to ask my doctor for medication to lose weight. FML
Today, my mother told me I've gained so much weight recently, she thinks I should get gastric bypass surgery. FML
Today, my mother-in-lawyer threatened to sue me unless I took my professional wedding photographs off Facebook, as she didn't like that they made her look fat. She is over 300 pounds. FML
Today, I was told how cruel and selfish I am for rubbing my weight loss in my mom’s face. I’ve literally begged my mom to walk, jog, workout with me for months. She went exactly once. She complained the whole time, then called me a bitch for finishing my run while she sat in the car. FML
Today, while at my mom’s house, my mom told me that I need to seriously curb my food intake. Then I went to my dad’s house and he told me I need to gain weight. I can’t win here. FML
Today, after I skipped dessert for the third day in a row, my mom cornered me and accused me of being anorexic. I'm actually not far off being clinically obese and I'm just trying to diet, but nothing I say will convince her. She wants me to see a psychiatrist about a disorder I don't even have. FML
Today, I had to sit and listen in mortification as my mother tearfully told our therapist how much sleep she loses over my being morbidly obese. She doesn't seem to care that I'm body positive and happy with the way I am. FML
Today, my morbidly obese mother gave me an angry lecture at dinner, saying without any trace of irony that my vegetarian diet is "unhealthy and utterly unacceptable". FML
Today, I told my step-mom that my medication is causing me to lose weight. She looked me up and down and suggested I triple my dosage. FML
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millsjoshua949 12
How can she force you to lose weight? I'm confused by this.
Hangryko 32
Make it clear in no uncertain terms that you're already trying and on your own fitness plan that suits your personal goals and pace. Your MIL can give guidance but can't expect you to overexert yourself to the point it becomes dangerous for you due to your medical condition. Hopefully she will listen and understand.
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Comments (7)
millsjoshua949 12
How can she force you to lose weight? I'm confused by this.
RichardPencil 32
Sounds like the beginning of a MILF **** to me. Only a boring one where you have to scroll through 40 minutes of bullshit to get to the sexy part!
Hangryko 32
Make it clear in no uncertain terms that you're already trying and on your own fitness plan that suits your personal goals and pace. Your MIL can give guidance but can't expect you to overexert yourself to the point it becomes dangerous for you due to your medical condition. Hopefully she will listen and understand.
Lisa Wonder 5
what medical condtion? if it like PCOS that's fixable . pcos kept me chunky (but I was sexy) from childhood till my 20s... lost over 100lbs by cutting sugar out .. ALL processed sugar! ..cut portions drastically..took 1year to loose 24 years of being a big girl. GOOD LUCK 🧡
Hangryko 32
Don't equate your situation with OP's, it's a narcissistic and ableist assumption. Not everyone's circumstances are the same, and we don't know what's going on with OP.
coius 23
As a male, i was 240lbs at 5’10” in highschool. Took 6 years of cutting out sugar and carbs to lose weight down to 130lbs. I looked good. Then I got injured at 27, got health issues and gained back weight. Due to steroids im now 204lbs. But i’ll drop it. Yes, cutting sugar and carbs is key. Its the only thing I did to lose weight. My wife has PCOS and is having a hard time doing this as well, but i’m going to try as hard as I can to help her with her goes. Hopefully ill be off steroids and won’t be messed up this bad for too much longer.
bloopaloop 27
“Trying” was not defined by op. And readers don’t have to assume MIL is being a jerk. She cares enough to make it an issue and she’s probably right.
AmbrosiaFan 19
How is she "forcing" you?
genuinegoodguy 9
Sounds to me like she’s on the right track and you’re making an unnecessary fuss