Woman fumes as husband’s family help themselves to anything they fancy from fridge

A woman whose in-laws are staying for Christmas says she was infuriated to learn that they were helping themselves to whatever food they fancy from the fridge, sometimes even leaving stuff out

Having family over for Christmas can be great fun, but it can be tricky when it comes to laying down house rules. One woman has learned this the hard way after finding out her husband’s family had been helping themselves to food from her fridge, without asking. According to this peeved woman, her in-laws have been grabbing ‘pretty much anything’ from the fridge during their festive visit and will sometimes even leave stuff out once they’re finished.

She wasn’t happy about this awkward situation at all and decided to raise her concerns with her husband. Unfortunately, he didn’t see any issue with his family’s behaviour whatsoever and told her to just ‘get over it’.

Giving some context as to why her in-laws had offended her so much, the ticked-off wife explained that she and her husband are from very different backgrounds. She grew up poor, in a household where there usually wasn’t very much to eat, while his family always had plenty to go around.

Taking to Reddit, the unnamed woman, who goes by the username u/MarMar9292, wrote: “My husband insists I’m crazy, selfish and that it is normal and I just need to get over it.

“I also want to mention my husband and I are both having completely separate spending accounts, he buys his groceries, and I buy mine. He makes three times what I make so them eating some of my stuff has a bigger financial impact on me than him.

“He offered to buy back what they had but it is more the fact they thought it would be ok that bothers me since they know we have separate groceries.”

According to the woman, she and her husband had previously shared the grocery bill, however, he would control what she bought and would also decide whether her purchases were ‘necessary’ or not.

She continued: “I had enough of having to justify why I wanted to buy something while shopping at the store. The other reason is he has a very big family, I just have my mum so I was not happy to have to contribute 50% of the bill when they visited, and also I don’t get along well with them.”

A number of people were more worried about the husband being so controlling with their grocery bills than they were about her cheeky in-laws.

One person warned: “I mean, I understand buying special snacks just for yourself outside of the regular budget but she stated that they split from sharing a grocery list because he would micromanage everything she wanted to buy whether it was needed or not. That’s super controlling and kind of scary.”

Another fellow Reddit user advised: “The power dynamic in your relationship seems totally off. He makes a lot more money than you but you have had to resort to buying your own groceries to stop him from controlling what you can buy? Seems like a cold and lonely way to live. I hope you figure out you deserve better.”

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