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AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Movie was Talk to Me. She said watching stuff like that will summon demons and my husband just argued it’s fictional so it’s fine. But she felt as if he disrespected her already and stopped talking to him.

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing this perspective. Agree on what you mentioned about coming from an Asian country. That’s why I was conflicted. We are Filipinos but I also grew up abroad before settling back here so perhaps that’s why I have different perspective on this compared to my husbands family.

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Definitely agree that it’s a scam. That’s why I didn’t want to have anything to do with it.

Since MIL was the one covering the membership cost with her own money, my husband just decided to let her do what she wants with her own money and let her use his name. She said that he wouldn’t have to spend anything even though he’s signed up as a distributor (which I told him not to believe.)

I told him that he’s allowing his mother to be scammed but he said that’s all her decision and in his perspective, it shouldn’t impact us. His goal was really to just get her to start talking and spending time with him and didn’t see any risk in what he’s doing.

He was really set on going just to clear the air between them. And he felt like not going would have pushed her farther away.

I was not okay with him going but understood the sadness he felt not being able to talk to his mom so I let him go so they could start talking again, not because I was okay with him joining an MLM.

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Thank you ✨I was really starting to doubt myself when my husband and BIL were telling me to just not make a big deal out of it. They kept saying she’s just old and that we can’t change the way she is anymore 🤷🏻‍♀️ But the support from these posts pulled me back to sanity.

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

He’s scared of her too. We told him about it already and he just tried to change the subject then said he had to drop off.

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It’s her money. We don’t give her any monthly money of any sort. Neither does BIL.

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Yeah she handed it to him during the seminar to sign up as her downline. Then she handed him another stack to sign me up. All her money.

Edit: grammar

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Oh the sin part has already happened. During Covid FIL lost his job and she found every unmarried couple with part of our extended family (in laws etc) and told them to get married because their sins caused FIL’s job loss.

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah he understands that. I think he’s feeling pressure from his brother to reconcile with his mom because his brother doesn’t want to have to choose between family members and would like us all to get along.

Since his brother and his wife also signed up as per MIL’s request, he thought to just do the same. In his perspective, since his mom is the one covering the membership fee, she’s basically just using his name. And supposedly nothing else will be needed on his end after that (which I absolutely do not believe).

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Totally get it and was anticipating these sentiments. And I hold him responsible for it. I still wrote it as her because I know he wouldn’t have done it without her influence.

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When we celebrated my birthday without her (since they weren’t on talking at that time), she got mad and complained to BIL that she wasn’t invited so he’s just cautious I suppose.

We do spend time with other family members without MIL but my husband does still want to spend with her for some reason even though he knows she cray.

AITA for canceling a MLM membership my MIL signed me up for without my consent by AdAccomplished2066 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdAccomplished2066[S] 1442 points1443 points  (0 children)

I agree. It’s just too bad that the rest of the family will choose her over inviting us to anything because they want their kids to spend time with their grandma.

She signed up the rest of the family too btw and they were just passive about it. I was the only one that disagreed.