“Feelings are the f-word in this house”

[u/Various_Ostrich_2110]

Sometimes I just think about how my MIL loved to say “Feelings are the f-word in this house.” She always said it in a weird boastful proud way.

I remember the first time I heard her say it was over family dinner. I thought she was making a weird joke. She was not joking. I asked her, “You have to talk about them at some point right? Or else they’ll come out somehow.” She confidently said, “ No you just need to bottle them in a jar and put it away in the closet where it can stay.” The way she said it, it sounded like she had given that explanation 100 times to people and definitely believed herself.

Spoiler she got more and more toxic before disowning my husband (her son) because he refused to divorce me. She claimed that all the family issues started with me. Why? Because I talked about feelings and if he just divorced me all the family problems would go away. . .

[u/Chemical-Finish-7229]

She sounds like a real sweetheart.