'I'm convinced my mother-in-law is trying to poison me I keep getting sick'

27 January 2024 , 13:44

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She wonders if it's a coincidence or something a little more sinister (stock photo) (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A woman has revealed she thinks her "evil" mother-in-law is the reason she keeps becoming unwell.

The shocking revelation came after she realised whenever she would eat at her in-law's house, she'd end up with a dodgy stomach after each visit.

She claimed she sometimes wouldn't even make it home without being "struck down" and admitted she knows her mother-in-law hates her, so wondered it's just mere coincidence or something a little more sinister.

The woman even went as far as to claim her mother-in-law "gloats" about the fact her husband doesn't believe her when she made the shocking statement.

"My mother-in-law hates me and makes no bones about it when she and I are alone. My husband doesn't believe me, and she even gloats about that," the woman stated in an anonymous letter to Slate's Dear Prudence. She sought advice on what she can do about her situation.

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She further stated that they used to go over frequently for family functions, but after she put her "foot down" her husband agreed they could reduce the visits to "monthly" instead. However, she still has her "issues" after each visit and detailed that each time she goes over she gets a "bad case of diarrhoea", and her husband doesn't. She said she was too nervous to ask if "the other in-laws are affected" because she didn't want it to get back to her.

Because her husband doesn't suffer, she now thinks there may be more to it and claims: "I suspect that my mother-in-law is putting something in my food or drink. Last time, I barely made it home before being struck down."

Because of her bad cases of diarrhoea, she revealed she's now having to consider "adult undergarments" to help protect her in case she has an accident and doesn't make it to the toilet in time and shared that this is the only option to make sure she doesn't "ruin the car's upholstery on the ride home from her place" and asked if Prudence has any other advice.

In response to this, Prudence suggested swapping plates with her husband. She said: "The next time you go for dinner at her house, after the food is served but before you begin eating, you and your husband should agree to swap plates and cups. If your mother-in-law screams to her son, 'Don't eat that!' case closed."

But she also called it "alarming" to think her mother-in-law may be "deliberately sickening" her, as well as the fact her husband doesn't believe her. She also said to tell her husband she's "afraid for her health" because she keeps getting unwell - and also for their marriage, as it seems he believes she is a "liar."

Niamh Kirk