Cooking, Mother in law and Miscellaneous: Today, my mother-in-law came over for dinner. She decided to...

By NaCl - 24/05/2014 21:20 - United States - Duluth

Today, my mother-in-law came over for dinner. She decided to salt the food I was preparing without even tasting it first, then complained at dinner that I'd used too much salt. She then lectured me on the proper seasoning of food for the rest of the evening. FML

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By salt bomb - 02/03/2023 07:00 - United States

Today, I spent all day carefully preparing a wonderful homemade beef and vegetable stew from scratch. Close to dinner time, I tasted it and it was inedibly salty. Confused, my horrifically bratty stepdaughter then laughed and admitted she poured salt in it because it wasn’t what she wanted for dinner. FML

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Tasty!

By Sad and hungry - 25/04/2020 17:00

Today, my in-laws invited us over to dinner. I decided to help out in the kitchen and watched in horror as my mother-in-law licked every utensil, sucked her fingers while making the plates and slurped wine straight from the bottle. My husband said I was rude for refusing to eat. FML

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By YOU KNOW WHAT, FUCK THE CUSTOMER - 20/07/2013 17:47 - United States - Sherwood

Today, at work, a woman came up to the snack bar and ordered a pretzel with no salt. When I served her the food, she angrily complained about it having no salt, followed by her throwing the whole thing in my face. FML

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Gumbo time

By Anonymous - 30/06/2022 18:00

Today, I cooked for the future in-laws and was accused of trying to poison them. Absolutely no one told me, even as they watched me cook shrimp and smoked sausage gumbo, that my mother-in-law is deathly allergic to shellfish and my father-in-law gets severe diarrhoea when he eats pork. FML

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Too many cooks, etc.

By hazyshadows - 18/03/2020 17:02 - United States - Edmond

Today, I tried to make a grilled cheese sandwich for myself, but as soon as I started, my mom rushed into the kitchen and criticized me for making it "wrong". She then made the sandwich for me. It tasted significantly worse than when I make them. FML

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MANNERS!

By Anonymous - 05/04/2024 17:00 - United States

Today, my mother gave me a reprimand for my table manners when I didn't ask for someone to pass the vegetables I could have gotten myself. She then let out a raunchy fart at the table, and had the nerve to yell, "Did you ask to be excused?!" as I vacated the area. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/06/2017 06:00 - United States - North Olmsted

Today, my mom tried to ground me. In the apartment that I own. Because I didn't eat enough of the dinner that I'd made. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/06/2011 20:39 - Switzerland

Today, my family went out to dinner at a seafood restaurant. While we were eating our food, my grandma demanded to see the manager, and loudly complained that her fish was "too fishy". FML

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By Anonymous - 22/06/2019 18:02

Today, I offered to help my mother-in-law boil noodles for some noodle soup. She loudly said, "You know how!?" I'm a chef. FML

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By tardspawn - 05/04/2015 15:38 - United Kingdom - Horsham

Today, my morbidly obese mother gave me an angry lecture at dinner, saying without any trace of irony that my vegetarian diet is "unhealthy and utterly unacceptable". FML

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nyancait 18

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:13

Just so everybody knows, 'mother in law' is an anagram of 'woman Hitler'. Take from that what you will.

Vanubo 10

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:17

You could call that Verbal As-salt

Comments

pensacolalady 10

Monday 26 May 2014 1:19

I feel your pain! In 25 yrs of marriage, I've never done anything right according to my MIL!

CandyApple88 13

Monday 26 May 2014 1:37

Next time.... just say something like "I made it the way you liked it. I thought all horses liked salt"

Randilayne 10

Monday 26 May 2014 1:59

This sounds like the mother-in-law of debora from the show Everybody Loves Raymond. Lmao

grashopper8 7

Monday 26 May 2014 5:11

It sounds like she's testing you, and not being subtle at all. Stand up for yourself! She sounds awful, I'm sorry OP!

justmeCee 16

Monday 26 May 2014 6:52

She totally sabotaged you. FYL

irrateed 8

Monday 26 May 2014 8:38

Salt in the wound

JNitaLV 1

Monday 26 May 2014 17:57

Mother in laws are the worst! Mine tries to do the same thing. Annoying as hell!

ohSNAPyall 26

Monday 26 May 2014 18:36

A.k.a. salt in the wounds.

stiffster 5

Tuesday 27 May 2014 7:53

chance favours the prepared mind. You should began dinner by thanking her for her help in flavoring.

TrackGirl19 29

Wednesday 28 May 2014 1:23

Sodium chloride. Nice :P

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