A mum has come under fire for 'overreacting' after her mother-in-law cut her daughter's hair.
The pregnant woman, who chose to remain anonymous, posted on a popular parenting forum to ask if she was being unreasonable for stopping all contact between her mother-in-law and daughter.
On Mumsnet she explained: "My partner and I have been together for 14 years. We have a two-year old daughter.
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"We recently stayed at the in laws for Christmas and MIL [mother in law] was looking after our daughter most of the days, so I can rest (I am also pregnant with our second).
"On the last day before we were going to leave, MIL cuts our daughter’s hair without telling me or my partner. (The cut is not good and not bad). I was furious and confronted MIL, she admitted it.
The mum-of-one explained later that the mother in law apologised when she confronted but the issue still felt unresolved as she feels that her partner's mum is regularly overstepping boundaries.
She went on: "It has affected me so much that it has caused arguments with my partner everyday. It has now got to the point where I don’t want my MIL to see our daughter but my partner still wants her to carry on seeing our daughter.
"We haven’t reached a compromise so now we have decided to separate because he chose his parents over me. Am I being unreasonable? Should I just get over it and let my MIL see our daughter."
The post quickly gathered attention with hundreds of fellow parents rushing to the comments, with many calling her out for being unreasonable and unfair.
One said: "Your reaction is totally over the top. I would so grateful that my MIL not only hosted me and my family over Christmas, but also looked after my child so that I could rest that I would not be bothered at all about her giving my kid a wee haircut. Maybe it’s your hormones but you sound very spoilt and pretty unhinged. I feel sorry for your partner, your MIL and your child."
Another hit back: "She apologised and yet you want to force your partner to choose between you and his mother? You are very wrong to do this you actually sound very controlling. You had every right to be cross. However she apologised you move on. In the end you will be the one that Loses out."
"Good God, maybe it's the pregnancy hormones, but you have overreacted big time. I'm guessing there's more of a backstory to just the haircut though?" A third interjected.
One added: "I can understand your anger, but no contact seems extreme. Certainly wouldn’t have her baby sit though."
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