12 mother-in-law horror stories that will make you shudder

Publish date: 2024-07-18
Updated 2018-10-24T13:02:00Z

The overbearing mother-in-law is more than just a stereotype — at least, according to the following stories.

An AskReddit thread asked people to reveal their worst mother-in-law horror stories. And there were lots of them. And though INSIDER can't independently verify any of these tales, they do make for some wild reading.

Take a look at these 12 horrifying stories.

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This mother-in-law physically attacked the bride on her wedding night

"My mother-in-law physically attacked my wife of three hours in the parking lot, accusing us of 'drinking too much' on our own wedding night. Got to be reminded of this our entire honeymoon, there were bruises on her shoulders. When confronted had no recollection of the events that occurred even though she was sober that night." — eighty9sho

This mother-in-law decided to wear a white wedding dress to her son's wedding

"MIL wore a white wedding dress to my wedding." — greenandpink

This mother-in-law called her daughter-in-law the wrong name for three full years

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