One Reddit user, under the username u/No_Departure_937, recently posted a story about her family to the r/AmItheA**hole subreddit and asked, "AITA for barring my MIL from seeing my daughter after she cut and straightened my daughter's hair without permission?"
The OP shared that when her daughter came home from her in-laws' house, she found that she was crying with a shocking haircut. When she asked her daughter, she said her grandma had asked the OP for permission, and she agreed. But the truth was actually not. The MIL lied to her daughter about her approval.
Feeling upset, the mom and her husband decided to bar her MIL from seeing their daughter alone until she apologized and respected her boundaries.
What happened next? Did the MIL apologize? Scroll down to read the entire story!
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Here's the full story:
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OP's daughter recently spent a weekend at her in-laws' house
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OP was shocked to find her daughter's hair had been cut
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OP discussed the situation with her husband, and they decided that her MIL wouldn't see Vihana alone until respecting boundaries
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OP sent a text to her MIL stating she couldn't see Vihana alone until she apologized and respected boundaries, and her MIL got angry
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OP's SIL claimed that she wasn't capable of taking care of her daughter
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Most Reddit users said that the OP was not a jerk
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What do you think about this family situation? Do you think the OP was wrong for doing that? If you were the OP, what would you do?
Share your thoughts on how you'd handle it and maybe your ideas can bring a new angle to this family story.