… to always wonder what the other side of the story is?

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So many insane stories about in-laws, exes, parents, and rude strangers here always make me wonder how the other party would describe the situations. I’m sure a small percentage are true exactly as written but mostly I imagine there are many sides to any story and the truth will lie somewhere in the middle. I think we would do well to remember that particularly for the more outlandish stories that get told here.

It's always good to remember there are 3 sides to every story.

The OPs side, the other side and the truth.

Three sides to every story; your version their version and the truth.
And on here you can only judge by what the OP tells you. What I dislike is people just making assumptions or extrapolating wildy from the original OP which often derails things.
And of course, you should take the things you read online with a pinch of salt .

Ha I was too slow @IceRebel.

Ha - I often think that many of the evil MIL posts are probably more likely due to a grumpy, unsociable cow of a DIL. And I say that as a DIL!

We need to get the other party on here, like Judge Judy. Or Jeremy Kyle...

There is rarely a one des ription of one situation. A situation is made of feeling and emotions, and all those lead to a certain interpretation. If it was so black and white, court judgements wouldnt go on for days.

What annoys me idls when poster refuse to reflect and consider that the person thry complain about could also not be in the wrong. People's goal seems to often be more a out wanting to be right and prove it to the other person than to use situations to learn about themselves and the other person.

Of course there are occasion when someone does something clearly wrong at the e pense of someone else, but in many scenarios, it is quite clear that there is a back story and only selected part of the story is shared to make it seem black and white when it is likely to be much more a case of grey.

Yanbu OP.

Whenever I read an in-law thread I always take it with a tiny pinch of salt. I think the OP will usually minimise any wrong doing on her part and always says things like
I’ve always really tried to get on with MIL/SIL or whatever
They’ve always been horrible to me and never liked me
MIL always bullies me and I never fight back etc etc
It’s virtually the same on every thread. The DIL is an angel and the in-laws is some sort of psycho!

And because so many posters have issues with their own in-laws they project and tell the OP she’s absolutely not in the wrong, that she’s a victim and hard done by.

I often think I’d love to hear the other side of the story because I bet it wouldn’t be like the one I’m reading.