Ahh, mother-in-laws. They're the butt of many a joke and subject of many a Mumsnet rant, but are they all as bad as all that?
Well, yes, according to one cunning husband who has taken his hostility towards his wife's mum to a new level of sneaky.
It all started when his "manageable" father-in-law and "insufferable" mother-in-law said they were planning to visit.
As he revealed on Reddit , part of the problem stems from the fact "privacy means nothing to them, and my wife refuses to set boundaries.
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"They will come around every day unannounced to visit my wife/play with our kids. So not only do I never get a break from my mother in laws constant nagging, I have no privacy form them."
However, all is not lost.
The husband explains that his mother-in-law is arachnophobic and recalls one incident where "she went crazy after a (wolf?) spider was simply in the corner doing nothing. Panic attack and all."
So he hatched a plan and bought a tarantula. As you do.
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He continues: "It's in a big enclosure in the living room. Asked wife before hand if it's okay, but didn't tell her the motivation. Worked like a charm, the dad still comes but the mother can't stand to be in the same house as it."
Is it a case of the ends justifying the means? Or is this just, well, a bit mean?
