Man Ends 'Perfect Vacation', Abandons Family Because Mother-in-Law Used His Toothpaste

Family vacations are a cherished way to spend time together, and an international trip is a dream for many families. However, one man’s dream vacation turned into a nightmare when he left the trip early after his mother-in-law used his toothpaste.

In a recent Reddit post, a man shared that he and his wife had been planning a family trip to Venice for months and intended to leave their 5-year-old daughter with his mother-in-law. However, his mother-in-law wanted to join the trip instead.

“My wife was very supportive of this idea, but I was more reluctant. My wife planned everything, booking the hotels and the restaurants,” he wrote in the post. 

“My daughter likes to sit on our bed when me and my wife are gone to the city, and I come back to see that MIL was sitting on our bed too. It is very unhygienic to me, and I don’t like that she was sitting on the bed that me and my wife share, as I am a very private person,” he continued in the Reddit post.

“She also rummaged through our suitcase looking for a hair tie, and it really irked me that she did so without asking me. I don’t like the thought of her looking through our stuff when we’re gone, so I locked it.”

The moment the man called his "final straw" was when he realized that his mother-in-law had been using his and his wife's toothpaste, which he claimed made him feel "ill." "I don't like the thought of her putting her tooth brush close to (or even on) the toothpaste nozzle, and I was ill the more I thought about it," he wrote. 

“I asked MIL if the only reason she came was to free me and my wife, as she didn’t pay for any of the expenses (hotel, amenities, food), only her own plane tickets. I said that I’ve asked her politely several times to stop using my wife’s stuff, especially because I share it with her and it’s very inappropriate.”

His mother-in-law told his wife, causing an argument. The man became so upset over what happened that he changed his plane ticket to leave earlier and began ignoring his wife’s phone calls.

My wife has called me several times afterwards, screaming at me and saying that our daughter is upset. I feel bad that our daughter was caught in the situation, but it was really not acceptable what my MIL did, and I had to set some boundaries before it gets worse,” the post read.

“My wife has her own card and enough money to stay there. I’m not sure about her plans about staying or not. I’ve been ignoring her calls to take some time for my own mental health.”

The post has received over 1,000 upvotes. In the comments, many people shared their opinions on the situation.

“Your wife books the wrong hotel room, so your solution is to abandon her on her dream vacation, forcing her to care for your high-maintenance kindergartener on her own? Couldn’t you have booked a separate room for your MIL instead of abandoning your wife and child?” one comment read.

Another commenter agreed, writing, “Your complaints are that MIL was using your WIFE’s products *not your products, sharing toothpaste and sitting on a hotel bed (which more than you and your wife have used), all while she babysat for you so that you could have a romantic trip? Oh and MIL had to pay for her own plane tickets for the privilege. So in the end, you are talking about a few dollars worth of product, a few cents of toothpaste, some meals, and 1/5 of a hotel room, but she was ‘using’ you.”

“And now you are ignoring your family after skipping the rest of the trip. I wouldn’t expect to be married for much longer.” third wrote