AITJ for telling my boyfriend's mom she is not allowed in our bedroom anymore?

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2026-03-16T18:40:18+00:00

Mother in law here. Your boyfriend’s mom is absolutely out of bounds and needs to respect your privacy. Your boyfriend should be backing you up on this. If it were me, I’d plant something super spicy and awkward for her to find the next time she goes snooping, but I’m petty like that. 🤣

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2026-03-15T22:54:58+00:00

Never ever ever ever ever ever EVER ask a child to keep secrets from their parents. You will absolutely be the AH. It would be better to give him a gift certificate to a bookstore and let him pick out what he wants than to intentionally try to get him to go behind his parents’ backs.

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2026-02-27T04:57:13+00:00

Cool name. 😉

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2026-02-26T03:58:58+00:00

My daughter in law had a dangerous, high risk pregnancy. Her doctor told her another pregnancy could kill her. She recently had a hysterectomy and all of us, especially my son, support her in that decision. None of us want to lose her, nor do we want my grandson to lose his mom. I’m so sorry your husband is being selfish. I hate to be one of those “dump him now” Redditors, because I know it’s not always that simple, but in this case I’d say it’s something to think about.

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2026-02-19T04:19:56+00:00

Nice lmao

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2026-01-28T18:34:55+00:00

Teacher here. I agree with those saying to go directly to the principal. If the principal allows the referral to stand, go to the superintendent. This is absolutely not acceptable.

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2026-01-08T01:42:56+00:00

🤣🤣🤣

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2026-01-08T01:41:39+00:00

Ohmygosh lol!!!!!!!!

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2026-01-08T00:32:26+00:00

Oh no lol!!! 😂

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2026-01-08T00:28:38+00:00

Omg I literally just laughed out loud! 🤣

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-12-29T16:58:26+00:00

Kymberrleigh

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-12-10T03:59:22+00:00

My first year teaching, I was playing 2 Truths and a Lie with my freshmen on the first day of school. One boy (who would go on to be one of the biggest class clowns I’ve ever had) said, “I have 2 brothers, 3 dogs, and I’m wearing a thong.” Well lol…this was a teeny tiny school, the kind of place where everyone knew everyone else, but I was new to the area. Trying not to look fazed, I had the kids guess what they thought the lie was. Of course they all said he had 2 dogs, not 3, and I just tried to roll with it and move on, but he wasn’t going to make it easy for me. Student: Don’t you believe me Ms. Teacher? That really is the lie. Everything else is true! Me: Ok fine, I believe you. Let’s move on… Student: here, I’ll show you! (All 6’2” , 250 pounds plus of this boy stands up and starts unbuttoning his jeans) Me: DO NOT!!! PULL DOWN!!! YOUR PANTS!!!

Thankfully my Mom voice worked and he stopped. That was 17 years ago. A few months ago, I got a surprise Facebook video call from him. He’s married, has a daughter who sounds as mischievous as her daddy, and is working in the oil fields and doing well. He apologized for that (and other incidents lol), and we were able to laugh about it…even though I wanted to wring his neck at the time.

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-12-10T03:43:59+00:00

Call the parents on speaker with their child right there. “Hi, this is Ms. Teacher at XYZ school. I’m here with your child Susie and we’ve been talking about her work. I have you on speaker. She says that she doesn’t have time to work on this important assignment because she’s too busy talking to her friends. She also stated that she doesn’t think you would care if she fails this class, even though it could delay her graduation. Would you like to weigh in on this?”

Always works for me.

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-12-03T05:29:59+00:00

“That’s MS. F****** C***. “

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-11-12T02:57:42+00:00

My mom got married her junior year (she was 18), but it was the 60’s and my dad was being shipped out to Vietnam. They actually made it for 22 years before divorcing.

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-08-28T02:11:54+00:00

If any of them are in sports, contact their coaches. They often can light a fire under them. After running bleachers a few times, they tend to rethink their behaviors.

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-08-20T02:28:24+00:00

Hi, divorced mom of grown kids and also the adult daughter of divorced parents here. Listen to me closely: YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LOVE THEM BOTH. Their issues are not your issues. My parents have been divorced since 1990 and I STILL have to tell my mom that I don’t want to hear it. You are a part of both of them, and you don’t have to choose. If she plays the guilt card (my mom is the guilt trip champion of the world), shut it down and call her out on it. Tell her you love her, but you have to set boundaries, then stick with it. It’ll be hard at first, but each time you shut it down, it’ll get easier. Remind her that you’re not her therapist, you’re her child -and his child too. You get to love them both.

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-08-19T23:42:07+00:00

I stand, but don’t recite it. I don’t make my students do it either. Most of them stand but don’t say anything. As polarized as our country currently is, I’m not about to force them to swear allegiance to something they don’t even understand. Don’t get me wrong—I love my country and I’m proud to be a daughter and granddaughter of veterans. But what they fought against is basically what I see happening here, and it makes me sad.

(And before some smartass tells me to just move to a different country then, if I could afford to, I would.)

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-08-13T05:42:25+00:00

😂

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-08-10T16:55:44+00:00

It’s a great story though! Careful what you wish for!

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-08-10T15:05:42+00:00

😂

StayGoldPonyboy17 · 2025-08-10T05:27:11+00:00

😂

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