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Does your MIL do this?

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SocialMeeds · 18/02/2025 22:18

So, if there’s been a recent event where cards have been exchanged, birthday Christmas, and most recently Valentine’s Day, MIL reads the cards that are on the window sill. She does it every time, commenting on the writing, what is written. For some reason it has always annoyed me.

YABU she can look if she wants
YANBU she’s a nosy cow!

OP posts:
35965a · 18/02/2025 22:36

I think it’s weird to read someone else’s cards.

Adhikv · 18/02/2025 22:36

I think it’s rude, especially valentines ones and often keep them in our room for this reason

Tumblingthrough · 18/02/2025 22:34

Isn’t that why you display cards? For them to be read?

MuddyPawsIndoors · 18/02/2025 22:32

There's been a few threads like this and it seems to be pretty evenly split.

Personally, I don't mind because if there was anything written in the cards that I didn't want others to see, I wouldn't put them on display.

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SocialMeeds · 18/02/2025 22:32

Cos my father in law doesn’t look at the cards….

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StMarie4me · 18/02/2025 22:28

Oh! I look at cards in my sons' houses. I don't comment on the writing though. Does that make me a bad person? And why is the question only aimed at Mothers in law?!