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My mom told me that she heard my soon-to-be-wife say some really horrible things about her and my kids behind my back.
Whatever she thought that would accomplish didn't work, because I had already told my wife to start recording her interactions with my mom. (Clearly not my first rodeo)
Mom wasn't real happy when I told her I'd listen to the audio.
God that would fuck me upppp, I'm so sorry your mom is such a mess. :(
That is utterly evil (ok the everyday sense). Glad you were prepped for that, but I’m very sorry that you’ve had life experiences that taught you it was necessary.
I still don't know what Mom's problem was with her, not that I even care. Before that point, they would each text me "You won't believe what she said to me!". I was stick on the middle trying to figure out what really happened, but something my mom said didn't match with a major detail that she didn't know about my wife's past, so I had a feeling she was the one causing the shenanigans. That's when I suggested the recordings.
You're her property and another woman is encroaching on you.
That theory was definitely on my list of possibilities.
She competed for your attention
I wouldn't doubt it.
I have to ask.
If your moms such a piece of shit, why is your solution to your wife "make sure to record every interaction" instead of "Lets just stop dealing with this bitch"
Definitely a fair question.
We all lived in the same house at the time, and Mom's name was on the deed, so up until that point we were walking on eggshells to keep things civil until other arrangements were in place.
Ah, thats fair then. Sometimes you do have to make sacrifices like that, as you make your preparations for the future.
Like, there might be a decent answer, but it is worth the ask.