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AIBU?

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MIL going in our bedroom

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Wynteriscoming · 15/12/2019 12:12

So MIL came to stay the night, the next day we had to leave before she did so she was left alone in our house because she didn't want to rush to leave at the same time as us - fair enough.

The previous day, before she arrived, the house was a bit of a mess as it had been a busy week so I was rushing around cleaning and tidying up before she got here. I left our bedroom until last and dumped all the laundry in there as I thought well why would she be in our bedroom? I also had all the families Christmas presents including MILs on the bed as again, didn't feel the need to hide them. I kept our bedroom door shut whereas all other doors in the house remain open.

Anyway, there were some mugs in our room which I noticed had been placed in the dishwasher. I asked husband and he said it wasn't him, I asked because I knew it probably wouldn't be him as it's not the type of thing he usually does as he's blind to mess.

So I'm pretty positive MIL opened our bedroom door and went in, she is always tidying up so she couldn't help herself but take the mugs downstairs.

  1. I'm annoyed she let herself in our bedroom when we weren't there, feels like an invasion of privacy
  2. I'm annoyed she's probably seen her Xmas present
  3. I'm embarrassed as the room was such a mess as she arrived early so didn't get round to tidying it up
  4. I'm annoyed she's so bloody nosy, there was no reason she needed to be in our room, she would have only seen the mugs upon opening the door and going in. If door was left open I wouldn't be annoyed

AIBU? Would you let yourself in someone's bedroom if the door was shut and they weren't in?

OP posts:
kalinkafoxtrot45 · 17/12/2019 09:33

Bedrooms are private. What a sneaky snooper she is! She definitely should not be allowed alone in the house again.

DdraigGoch · 17/12/2019 09:59

and next time she's round, I'll have to make sure I tidy our bedroom better as then I'd probably be less bothered as well.
No, no, no! Leave something shocking for her to find!

Heartburn888 · 17/12/2019 10:05

IMO she was only trying to help. Probably not snooping but her thought process may have been to see if anything needed taking downstairs to help you out as she was going that way. YABU to be so annoyed by it. She wasn’t to know the presents were in there nor the state of the room.

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