My In-Laws Treat Me like a Maid & Made Me Cook for Them While I Was Sick — I Took It up with My Husband

 got up and made dinner. Her family watched a movie as she prepared their meal. When she was alone with her husband, she brought up her concerns. He told her he was sorry and that he would help her more.

However, the next day, the exact same thing happened, with the woman having to cook a full dinner while her family relaxed. Her mother-in-law then asked her to do extra cleaning in the common areas so the rest of the family wouldn’t fall ill.

The woman was horrified and said the only reason she was even in the common areas was because they had dragged her out of her room to come and cook for them and clean the areas.

Although the woman’s husband said nothing while she and his mother were talking, he later told her she had brought things up incorrectly and she should have spoken when she was calmer. She asked Reddit users what to do, and many advised her that she should leave that house, and some even advised that she should leave her husband.

What Happened Next?
Three months after her initial post, the woman posted an update for everybody who had asked for one. After the initial post, the woman transferred her wages into her private account and removed her savings from her and her husband’s joint savings account.

She shared that it was one of her best decisions, as she found out two weeks after her first post that she was pregnant. Her pregnancy was a catalyst for everything that came next because of her parents-in-law’s behavior.

Soon after confirming that everything was okay with her baby, the woman’s parents-in-law began suggesting names, and her mother-in-law said she would go into early retirement so she could raise the baby. This upset the woman as she didn’t want anybody else to raise her child.

Her in-laws also began suggesting colors and designs for the nursery but never asked the woman for her opinion. She shared:

“I felt as though I was just an incubator.”

The final straw came when the woman went shopping for baby items, and her mother-in-law continually told her that each item she picked up was wrong. One outfit she chose was gender-neutral, but her mother-in-law told her it was not gender-neutral enough for a boy to wear. The woman’s mother-in-law also said the whole family hoped for a boy.

The woman said she was upset that what would have been her first baby