14 Lebanese Share Their Craziest Mother-In-Law Stories

We gave you Lebanese dating horror stories, and now we present to you the craziest mother-in-law stories. We all know better than to mess with a Lebanese mother-in-law.

1. Every time we get invited to a subhiyye, she’d come over to my place earlier and literally pick out my outfit. Head to toe. She doesn’t want me to embarrass her. — Salma, 32.

2. She sends over Tupperware filled with food to our house every week, and she’s not even apologetic about it. She straight up tells me that she thinks my cooking is not nutritious enough for her son. — Ghinwa, 27.

3. My mother-in-law thinks I’m not disciplining my children well enough because I don’t beat them every once in a while. — Ghina, 35.

4. My wife and I were looking at houses earlier this year. When we found one we really loved, we placed the deposit and it was my wife’s money. I was waiting on my loan approval from the bank, so I could put in my half of it later. When her mother found out, those were her literal words right in front of me: “Ou3a thotte el beit bi esmo. Hayda ha2ik ente, boukra byekhod el she2a w byeshhatik menna.” — Sami, 29.

5. She wore a white dress to my wedding, and claimed it was “off-white”. WE’RE NOT COLORBLIND. — Dania, 25.

6. My mother-in-law spends 90% of her time teaching the kids that she’s the better grandma. — Ali, 30.

7. She called me up and told me she had a huge surprise for me. When I went with her, we arrived at a beauty clinic, and there was an appointment in my name, so I can have my lips done and eyebrows tattooed. — Nathalie, 24.

8. My mother-in-law point blank asked me if I could pay for her to get a Hollywood smile. — Hassan, 43.

9. She used to come to our house every morning to iron her son’s clothes, because I wasn’t doing a good job. Except no one told her that it’s 2017, and women don’t necessarily have to iron their husbands’ clothes. — Najat, 28.

11. My mother-in-law used to joke about me converting my religion all the time. And at other times, she’d loudly and proudly express how “open-minded” she was, because she let her daughter marry someone from a different sect. It made everyone cringe. — Jamil, 37.

12. I bought my mother-in-law a gorgeous and very expensive jacket for her birthday. 2 months later, I saw her housekeeper wearing it. — Karina, 33.

13. My mother-in-law used to invite my wife’s ex (which also happens to be my brother-in-law’s friend) to dinner. She’d treat him like the guest of the hour, tell him how much she missed him, and talk about the fun times they used to have when he and my wife were together. We’re all civil about it, he’s a good guy and an old family friend, it’s just my mother-in-law’s intentions that make everything weird. — Carl, 32.

14. My mother-in-law always tried to pin me and my husband’s sisters-in-law against each other. She’d tell me I’m her favorite and talk trash about the others, and do the same with them. — Mona, 37.