“Don’t Like My ‘Silly’ Job, You Don’t Get Its ‘Silly’ Perks”: Woman Is Appalled At Soon-To-Be MIL After She Made Fun Of Her Job

Recently, a woman who works in technical theater as an assistant stage manager shared an incident she had with her future mother-in-law.

“This season, Aladdin is coming to town, a show my future mother-in-law has been dying to see. She asked me if I could possibly get her and a friend a seat so they could go see it,” the author who goes by the handle Littleredbird1991 explained in a post on the Petty Revenge subreddit that amassed 12.6k upvotes.

Littleredbird1991 was kind enough to arrange the tickets with a huge discount and reserve them in her name. However, “fast forward a couple of weeks and FMIL invites me and my fiancé over for dinner.”
During the conversation, the mother in law dropped a bomb: “FMIL laughed at me and said what I did wasn’t real work and that it was just a ‘silly side gig’ and that maybe if I got a real job I would know what it is like to really work,” the author recounted.

As you can imagine, this didn’t sit well with Littleredbird1991 who decided to teach her ungrateful FMIL a lesson she’ll remember.

A woman shared how her ungrateful future mother-in-law called her job “a silly side gig” despite the fact that she arranged discount theater tickets for her

"Don't Like My 'Silly' Job, You Don't Get Its 'Silly' Perks": Woman Is Appalled At Soon-To-Be MIL After She Made Fun Of Her Job

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"Don't Like My 'Silly' Job, You Don't Get Its 'Silly' Perks": Woman Is Appalled At Soon-To-Be MIL After She Made Fun Of Her Job

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"Don't Like My 'Silly' Job, You Don't Get Its 'Silly' Perks": Woman Is Appalled At Soon-To-Be MIL After She Made Fun Of Her Job

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"Don't Like My 'Silly' Job, You Don't Get Its 'Silly' Perks": Woman Is Appalled At Soon-To-Be MIL After She Made Fun Of Her Job

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Kate Jones 2 years ago

Good for her! I worked at mcdonalds when I was younger, and sometimes I would get c**p from people who looked down on me for it. My brother was unemployed and had asked to borrow 400 dollars for an emergency so I told him I would and would give it to him the next day. That was a lot of money to me but it was important. Later that night, my family was in the living room and my dad was trying to give my brother tips of places he knew were hiring so he could start working asap, and one of the places was wendy's. He was like "I'm not doing that! I'm not mopping floors and flipping burgers. I want a real job." And I was like, WHAT? And he says, 'you want to do that then that's your choice but I'm better than that.' So I was like, 'my money seems real enough to ask for. You're literally poor and just got out of jail with no job, begging your little sister for money. But the type of job I do is beneath you?' Suffice it to say I didn't give him the money- which of course was 'unfair' to him.

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CL Rowan 2 years ago

GOOD FOR YOU! There's a reason your brother was in jail. He needs a bigger dose of humility!

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anarkzie 2 years ago

Stage management is a real job that requires exceptional organisational skills as well as the ability to manage people and their varies quirks ego, forgetfulness etc. That said, I'm sure there was much of a story here to share, mother in law was rude so you took back the present you got her.

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Jan Gardner 2 years ago

When I hear these MIL stories it just makes me smh. I have 2 daughters in law and I always try to not interfere nor be anything but helpful. Good relationships are vital. Why teach sons that they walk on water? I'm so happy that your husband has your back.

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Jodie Johnson 1 year ago

I wish you were my MIL!

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Kate Jones 2 years ago

131points

CL Rowan 2 years ago

GOOD FOR YOU! There's a reason your brother was in jail. He needs a bigger dose of humility!

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anarkzie 2 years ago

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Jan Gardner 2 years ago

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Jodie Johnson 1 year ago

I wish you were my MIL!

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