'My mother-in-law insists on joining our honeymoon as she doesn't want to miss out on family events'

A woman has been left utterly flabbergasted after her mother-in-law brazenly invited herself along on the couple's honeymoon, seemingly unable to bear missing out on any family time.

The bride-to-be took to Reddit to vent about her mother-in-law's emotional clinginess to her son and her disregard for personal boundaries. The husband has even sought professional help to deal with his overbearing mother, who has a habit of using him as a stand-in therapist since his childhood.

Despite his attempts to set boundaries, she continues to overstep, leading to them reducing contact with her. But now, she's crossed a new line by insisting on crashing their honeymoon.

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In a Reddit post, the distressed bride-to-be shared: "My future mother-in-law has a very unhealthy relationship with my fiance, we are low contact with her since he says she makes him feel uncomfortable by her constantly hugging and kissing him and also using him as her therapist (she's been doing this since he was young, using him to help her solve her adult problems)."

"She does this thing where she copies what I do to my fiancée for instance, if I kiss his cheek she'll find a way to do the same. I thought I was going crazy when I first noticed she does this so I tested it out by running my fingers through his hair and she did the same thing.", reports the Daily Record.

She revealed that her mother-in-law confronted her at a family gathering, expressing concern that her son was distancing himself from her. "She told me she feels like her and my fiancé's relationship isn't the same anymore, so she'd like to come on our honeymoon because he'll be off work and they can talk things through and bond."

"Obviously, I said no that's not happening and this grown woman was genuinely shocked I said no. She kept asking why, what are you guys going to be doing that her and future father-in-law can't be with us. She got the idea from Facebook apparently people have honeymoons with their friends now."

"I said we haven't had two weeks to just be together since my fiancé got promoted at work a year ago, we're both looking forward to being together." Stunned, she rejected her request but her mother-in-law kept insisting and suggesting ways to 'make it work'.

She continued: "He said why can't we all just be together, we won't be all that busy since we've been to the country we're honeymooning in countless times, we've seen all the tourist attractions, etc so why can't she come. She kept pestering me so I flat out told her I'd be having sex with her son all day every day, every inch of that villa so we won't really have time for all the things she wants to do with my fiancé."

"I thought this would make her uncomfortable and she'd realise how crazy her request is. I was wrong she said sex isn't that exciting for us to spend all our honeymoon doing it, 'there's only so many positions' she said. She said some other things that still make me cringe a week later."

Refusing to relent, her mother-in-law suggested a "compromise" by proposing to join them for just two weeks of the honeymoon. "She even said we can be as loud as we want, they won't mind. I told her we'd just like to be alone enjoying each other's company, we can plan a holiday next year," the woman recounted.

However, the bride-to-be insisted on having a private honeymoon and offered to plan a family holiday for the following year. "My future father-in-law called me to personally ask that they come even for 5 days so they can bond with my fiancé, they used to be so close. I explained that we would be busy and we could plan a holiday next year. He seemed to understand but then messaged me at 1am today to call me an a***hole who doesn't care I'm ruining a mother and son's relationship."

Seeking advice, she turned to Reddit to find out how to deal with her overbearing mother-in-law. One user warned: "This chick is setting herself up for the seven gates of hell. Unless they live thousands of miles away the mother-in-law will literally be butting into their lives."

Another said: "As long as the fiancé is soft on this, you have no hope of a peaceful life." A third suggested a firm approach: "If you ever give in to this woman, she will never quit. When she asks again, clearly state 'asked and answered'. Walk away. Over and over. She can cry all she wants. No one ever died from crying."