A woman has been left dumbfounded after her mother-in-law insisted that her husband sleeps in a separate room so that his sleep isn't interrupted.
The mum was flabbergasted after her partner's mum dictated the sleeping arrangements after assuring that she doesn't want her son's sleep disturbed by the baby's crying.
Taking to popular forum site Reddit, the anonymous parent questioned whether it was appropriate for her mother-in-law to force the couple to sleep in separate rooms.
She explained: "We have a four-month-old little one. The mother-in-law booked a two-month trip right around my due date. And has seen our little altogether three times now."
The woman went on: "Not so appropriate in my opinion but not my business how she chooses to spend her time. At the end of the day, an absent mother-in-law is better than an in-your-face mother-in-law.
"But the most recent visit she tells my husband to sleep in different rooms from me and the little one in case we disrupt his sleep during night feeds.
"Now my husband is a heavy sleeper, our little one's crying wouldn't wake him, he'd only be up if I personally shake him awake."
Seeking advice, the woman wrote: "But even if he wakes up for HIS child, is it any of the mother-in-law's business?
"She also tells my husband to call me by my name instead of baby bc our little is the baby, not me," she added.
Since sharing her concerns, the woman's thread was flooded with people who were equally as dumbfounded by the peculiar ordeal.
One person wrote: "Your mother-in-law sounds absent and out of touch. Have a word with your partner and see what he feels about all this, as long as you are aligned it should all be OK."
Meanwhile, someone else said: "I really would love to ask these mother-in-law's who are often desperate to be an integral part of their son's lives, what they expect these types of comments to achieve."
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