Woman says she hates it when her mother-in-law keeps babying her 40-year-old husband, packs his room and even wants to buy new underwear for him

A woman fed up with her mother-in-law for babying her 40-year-old husband took to social media to complain to others.

In a post on Wednesday (Sept 28), the woman wrote: “I find that in asian countries, especially singapore, i see a lot of mothers still being over protective of their son (even though the son is in their 30s already??) lagi worse if the son is the ONLY SON! treated like a treasure & the mother will do everything for him”. 

She added that her own mother-in-law would do everything for her husband. “from washing plates for him, packing his room, to even want to buy new underwear, new shirt, new socks”, the woman wrote.

Her mother-in-law would want to buy underwear for her husband because she claimed to know his “(waist) size). Many of her female friends also expressed the same thing. When on dates with men, often the guy’s mother would keep calling her son frequently asking if he had eaten and what time he would be returning home, her friends said.

“ur son close to 40s liao, he don’t know how to do all this meh? damn turn off leh.. my husband will try to settle his own stuff but MIL keeps “fighting” to do everything for him. as if to show off her “status” as an irreplaceable figure in his life{“, the woman wrote.

She asked if the issue was because the woman did not know how to let go of her son, or if the son himself enjoyed not having to do anything at home.

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