'My mother-in-law always snoops through my stuff so I played a prank on her'

A woman has asked whether she was in the wrong for playing a prank on her mum-in-law after she caught her "snooping" through her stuff.

The woman explained that after being together for four years, her fiancé finally moved in with her.

She bought her home seven years ago, so the majority of the furniture is hers, but they're talking of 'making it a home for both of them.'

But she's noticed when his mum comes over she "snoops" and goes through her stuff.

Taking to Reddit, she said: "One thing she snooped on was actually embarrassing. In my home office, I had a little 'affirmation' post-it note on my monitor saying 'I am smart, I am skilled, I am deserving of great things'.

"It was a silly thing my therapist recommended to get me in a confident mindset before an interview.

"Anyway, she made a comment about my ego..."

So while "wine drunk" one night, she and her friend decided to write a few more 'affirmations' to hide as a joke.

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Some were:

"Medicine cabinet: My teeth will regrow! I am sharklike and powerful!

"Kitchen drawers: I know when to spoon, but I also know when to fork! I am sexy and self-assured!

"Work desk: I will not just f**k my way to the top of the company, I will f**k my way to the top of the world!

"Walk-in closet: I am beautiful with clothes and without! Especially without! My boobs are legendary!"

The next time her mother-in-law came over, she saw a few and while she didn't directly acknowledge them, she did start acting really strangely.

"I went to run some errands and when I was out, she confronted Al about the notes and was trying to tell him that I seemed unstable, egotistical, and moving in was a bad idea," she continued.

She then showed him the notes and he didn't really know what to make of it.

"He asked me and I said that they were just some silly private notes to boost my self-confidence and make myself laugh; how had she gotten them? Had she been going through my things?

"He said she was just tidying, and saw them. And they were really weird.

"He asked if I left them on purpose to annoy her, and I admitted that was kinda the joke, but I also have other weird or private s**t so what I said about her needing to stop snooping.

"He said I was making stuff hard for him, his mum was really protective and adjusting to him moving in with a girlfriend for the first time, and I was agitating her on purpose and making her think I wouldn't be a good partner when he wanted her to have the opposite impression of me!"

She concluded her post by asking users whether she was out of order for playing the prank, and the majority of people were on her side as they slammed the mother-in-law for invading her privacy.

While others criticised her fiance for not standing up for her.

One person said: "If you don’t set boundaries with your fiancé’s mother now, it’s going to be infinity times worse once you get married."

Another wrote: "It says a lot how he keeps defending her and chalks it up to be overprotectiveness. While I always hate to jump on the band wagon of 'omg this is immensely terrible you should break up over a moderate thing', I will say this is a red flag."

A third commented: "So you’ve been dating for four years. Are now engaged. And his mum is still uncertain if you’re right for each other?"

Someone else said: "It's such a light-hearted thing to do, surprised the joke flew over her head. Plus she wouldn't have seen them if she hadn't snooped/'tidied.'

"Maybe she is having trouble letting go of her son but silly notes aren't cruel, they're silly notes."

While another added: "She's snooping through your home. I'd have gone further and left little notes like, 'Nobody likes a snoop,' and 'You aren't welcome to go through my things.' But yours were pretty damn funny."

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