The Redditor also revealed that the husband’s mother caused a scene at her wedding but did not get into much detail. However, she clarified that she kept her distance.
When the 30-year-old discovered she was pregnant, her husband took some time to break the news to his mother. Eventually, he gained the courage to tell her. The couple expected her to be angry, but to their surprise, the mother-in-law was happy and expressed how excited she was to be a grandmother. “She was congratulating us. Her attitude turned completely, and I grudgingly allowed her to visit.”the OP.
When the OP was giving birth, she asked to be in the room, but the wife refused. Again, her mother-in-law caused a scene and was told to leave. However, she apologized to the couple profusely, and the OP eventually agreed to let her visit her son.
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Things between the women were going well. The excited grandmother was in awe of the beauty of her grandson. But when the OP stood up to get them a drink, she came back to her husband angrily, telling his mother to leave.
Confused at what was happening, the Redditor “She started yelling he needed to get baby tested because he doesn’t look like anyone in their family. He kicked her out.” The mother-in-law took things further and posted on social media that the OP had cheated on her husband and that he needed a DNA test to prove the baby was his.
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Judging from her reaction, the husband started to doubt his mother and wondered if he needed to get a DNA test. To see her husband go through these emotions made the OP feel bad and that maybe she had taken things a bit too far. So, she turned to other Reddit users to ask for advice.
People in the comments section were in complete support of how the OP handled the situation. Although it was sad that the DNA seed had now been planted in her family, Reddit users advised her to get the test so that she has ammunition over her mother-in-law and for her husband to do the same because the doubt would haunt him forever.