Mother-In-Law Always Snoops Around The House, So The Wife Decided To Plant A Glitter Bomb
Glitter is the secret ingredient you need to help you solve mysteries and enact your revenge. Don’t believe us? Hopefully, this real-life story, shared on the popular AITA subreddit, will change your mind.
Nobody likes it when someone snoops through their personal belongings and bills, especially when you’ve set firm boundaries for them. Unfortunately, some people are happy to trample all over your boundaries and ignore any and all of your pleas for privacy.
Redditor u/itsbettertobelucky had a very peculiar story to share with the internet. A story involving a glitter trap, a snooping mother-in-law, and lots of family drama. Scroll down for the full tale that’s sparkling with emotion and let us know in the comments if you think what the redditor did was totally justified or if you think the revenge went a tad too far.
Oh, and be careful not to get any glitter on you, dear Pandas—it’s everywhere and we can’t get it off!
Glitter is a very powerful weapon that can potentially stop even the most inquisitive mother-in-law
Image credits: Gregory Veen (not the actual photo)
One redditor shared how she looked to glitter as a possible solution when her snooping MIL wouldn’t respect her boundaries
The redditor had a small update for the AITA community after her post went viral
The redditor shared how her snooping mother-in-law kept sneaking into their bedroom and office after she supposedly ‘forgot’ how to get to the bathroom. This kept happening again and again, so she installed an exterior doorknob with a lock.
However, the author’s husband didn’t believe her about her MIL’s snooping, so u/itsbettertobelucky decided to prove to him that she wasn’t just being paranoid. So she started off by covering the doorknob in fine glitter. It was very clear that the MIL had tried to do some sneaking from the state of hands, but this didn’t get her to stop. She simply wasn’t embarrassed!
So u/itsbettertobelucky decided to lay a little trap to punish the inquisitive woman. She set up a small envelope full of glitter above the door her MIL would always try to get through. The result? Priceless! Naturally, the mother-in-law blew up about the fact that she was now covered in glitter and had the stuff all over her hair.
Things got heated and the MIL even blamed the redditor for ‘ruining’ her car. Imagine having to get all the glitter out of the front seat! What a nightmare.
However, things took a surprisingly positive turn later on. After the story went viral on Reddit, the author’s husband saw it and had a good, long read through all the comments. The entire thread was an eye-opener for him and they’re both planning on starting couple’s therapy in January to work through their troubles.
What’s more, the redditor hasn’t given up on glitter as a potential solution to lots of life’s messy issues. She plans to get some biodegradable cellulose glitter for her future projects. What’s more, she’s thinking about installing a camera in her home and even printing out some fake documents to deter her MIL’s snooping.
Clearly, not everyone’s a fan of glitter. And sometimes, even law enforcement gets involved. For instance, one man from Ohio called the police after getting a Christmas card that was full of glitter. One of the officers realized that the man was the victim of a practical joke and was sent a glitter bomb card.
“However, the resident was not amused. He asked that a report of the incident be kept on file,” writes Cleveland.com.
On the flip side, glitter can be a wonderful deterrent not just for boundary-ignoring parents-in-law, but also for criminals. Former NASA and Apple engineer Mark Rober created a massive Glitterbomb to trick any heinous villains who’d like to steal your Amazon and other delivery packages. Truly, glitter is a force for good, don’t you think, dear Pandas?
Internet users had a lot of fun reading the glitter story. Here’s what they said about the family drama
Honestly, how hard is it for the husband to have a sincere talk with his own mother, telling her this behavior is not okay, and is an invasion of privacy?? Grow some balls, buddy.
His mom sounds like she might be mentally ill. She's been talked to repeatedly. Locks have been installed. She had one minor glittering before the glitter trap. Most people would knock it off before that point. They'd be embarrassed. She seems like she has very poor impulse control, might be a bit obsessed, and her husband and son have just come to accept this kind of behavior and work around it to avoid her explosions. It's their normal, but it's not normal to OP or the rest of us looking at it from the outside. I agree that it's on her husband to enforce boundaries, but it sounds like he was raised by FIL to placate her and doesn't have the tools. Enforcing boundaries is often not easy, but with someone who is mentally ill it can be a frustrating and constant slog. I'm glad they're going to therapy because maybe her husband will get some help with strategies for that.
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Haaahaaha biodegradable glitter for future projects. That made me laugh. Of course NTA but your MIL is and your husband is weak (like his father).
At least it seems husband is open to change? It's a nice touch I think.
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Code for "I know what she's like and agree with you but my life wont be worth living if I agree with you out loud".
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Every time she gets up asked loudly where she is going and then advised she will be escorted as she can't be trusted. Stand outside door until finished. Then walked back to seat. She acts like an irresponsible child she gets treated like one.
Very good solution! But husband has to do it, as it is his Mother..... if wife can trust him to really do it, that is
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The husband is the problem. He has been watching his father not doing anything about his horrible mother for way too long and he thinks it's ok.
Why can't she clean her car? Has she never heard of vacuum cleaners?
Yeah - it's not really ruined. Though glitter sticks around for ages. I've just put the Christmas decorations away, didn't have anything bar a couple of cards sent to us with glitter, vacuumed three times and STILL the carpet is sparkly!! MIL will be carting glitter everywhere for months. Serves her right!
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I live on my own in my bachelor pad. The thought of ANYONE even my own mother snooping through MY private stuff would annoy the **** out of me. Even when my landlord comes around for his rent he always says "I wont come in, it's your place I wont invade your privacy" and if he ever has to come in to fix something he makes a point of not opening any doors or looking in any cupboards unless absolutely necessary -And this is HIS flat I live in. If he can respect my privacy then your MIL should stay the **** out.
Where I'm from, it's forbidden by law to the landlord to just enter, even if he owns the flat you rent.
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The MIL was mad? Tell her she was lucky it's only glitter and you would use hot pitch the next time. WTF is wrong with people???
Everytime the mother went to leave the room i'd follow one step right behind her back, if she got weird about it I'd say she needs someone to come with her to the bathroom because she keeps forgetting where it is, and you're worried she'll just pee in the closet. I'd make an announcement when she arrived that "someone needs to be the designated peepee-goer with MIL, just like you would with a little child at McDonalds, also since she's forgetting where the bathroom is we should all have an intense discussion about having her go to the doctor for dementia, alzheimers and even stroke checkups, because she's clearly having neurological issues, maybe she shouldn't be driving a car!". Make a huge hullabaloo about it to everyone. She'd stop her sh*t then. Mindplay this bitc* back like a gaslighting master. Also, husband needs to cut the apron strings with mommy. Does she still come over for bath time to wash his winky? Jeeze.
Yes, his wee w***y winky...probs wants to tuck him in, feed him and wipe his ass too.
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Boundaries were clearly set, explained in detail, enforced with locks (honestly, a grown-as$ woman?), and this happens. Hubby should be standing by his partner but is probably falling into lifetime habits of whitewashing his mom's behavior. She's likely the one who taught him that... and at least he's willing to try to change. MiL is the asshole.
Honestly I would have had a firm talk with the MIL about snooping, and if she did it again, I would ban her from visiting anymore. It's that simple
I love the idea of planting fake letters for the MIL to read! If the OP has a creative bent, she could stop with the glitter, which causes conflict without stopping the snooping, and create a secret life as a hit woman. Print out letters or emails from clients, including price lists, print invoices and expenses, ask for advice from colleagues about money laundering, and about the new slow-acting poison that looks just like regular cheap glitter...
Yes!! Print up a letter as if it was from a lawyer or accountant telling her she should invest her $2 million lottery winnings in such and such. Or, scan and edit a bank statement In your name only and show a very huge balance! That would get her goat!
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Definitely NTA. Welcoming someone into your home does not give them the right to invade your privacy especially when you are repeatedly ask not to go into certain areas of the home. It's very disturbing that this MIL was so determined.
When I was a little kid, I would snoop around in my aunt's bedroom. Not so that I could find anything, but because she had a lot of cool jewelry and perfume bottles and stuff. The key words being WHEN I WAS A KID. I would never go into someone else's home and snoop around as an adult. That's rude and it's disrespectful. This mother in law needs to park her behind in the main area of the house with everyone else or she should stay at her own home. There is absolutely no reason for her to be snooping around this house. I am glad that SIL and FIL didn't swiftly come to her defense and get mad at the OP.
... you should have gone frurther - glitter doesn't hurt, and is easy to vacuum away. OTOH, she may deserve a chance to get the warning, but a warning, she already received, more than once - do, arrange to happen, something that, in case of snoopery and only then, does some damage and also exposes who, how, why has gotten it in case it is gotten by someone. Seriously, how do people always end up marrying people whose parents are creeps and sniffers and stuff? And how do the spouses always not get what an effed up behaviour their parents are committing, seemingly at least in the regular?
NTA. I'm hopeful they can work this issue out before it gets worse. Re: OP said she locked the bedroom door, got a ladder, and climbed through the window. Something about that tickles my sense that she has gone too far... But desperate times call for desperate measures?
It's because her boundaries are being repeatedly egregiously crossed and her husband is being dismissive. It'll make you crazy.
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So.... are these stories just for us to laugh at? Vindication is not necessary. Some of them I read and I rather wish I could just go to the poster and say "Run, run from your marriage. It'll hurt at first but you will feel better eventually" but in this case I'm laughing my ass off.
Definitely not the asshole. Your MIL is a nosy snooping cow who sounds like a self entitled bitch. Your husband should be putting YOU first. Sounds like she's a jealous manipulative cow who if related to me would not be over my door again and if hubby didn't like it he could fkn join her on the outside of the door
I would contact an assisted living place and give them her name for a "tour" and ask to send a confirmation email and leave that laying around lmao. A funeral packet too for good measure.
Would have printed a bunch of medical reports saying the husband is in need of an organ or will be dead soon for her to find. The real question is will she offer one of hers?
Leave a bill from a private detective and a fake report saying the MIL frequents porn theaters. Leave a note from a doctor saying the husband has a terminal illness. Leave bills laying around the bedroom for porn her husband presumably bought
I agree with the poster that said she may have mental issues. Something seems off there. More than that, i would sit her down and ask her what it is that concerns her so much that she feels she needs to go through your her bills and private stuff. try to get to the bottom of why she feels she needs to do this. and call her out on it in front of everyone when it does happen. She should be embarassed. mr switzerland and hubby need to take it more seriously. why no one else seems to be saying this is ridiculous is strange.
Call her Snoop Dog from now on. I recently saw a wine with Snoop-Dog on it. I think it's called 19 crimes or something like that. I would serve that at dinner
My FIL was the problem. I followed him upstairs and started screaming bloody murder when I caught him past the hall bathroom in our bedroom. I asked what are you doing and he starts telling me he's looking for aspirin. I scream "in my panty drawer!!" He had a dozen pairs laid across my dresser and he was SNIFFING a pair when I caught him. My husband about killed him. He was way more furious at his father than me. I was going to wash my whole drawer full of underwear. My husband threw it all away. He just got grossed out every time he thought about it.
An old item from the past, the wife's mom wouldn't leave the daughter's phone alone and would snoop in it. So the husband texted the wife from the bathroom while the wife & mil were in the kitchen and had very detailed plans for later in the bedroom. He sent it, heard the ting and soon the Mil was red-faced and whispering to daughter about the message...she told her mom it was NONE of her business what two consenting adults did in the privacy of their room and late in the evening. Shut that woman down the right way.
That's what I always do with unsolicited 🍆 pics. Usually I'll be talking with some guy about a game or something random and then out of nowhere that asked me if I want to see a picture of their 🍆, the answer is always no, but quite a few times they will do it anyway. Whenever that happens I screenshot it and post it to their walls. Then for some reason they tend to get upset 😭, saying things like my girlfriend on my wife or my mother or my grandmother can see my page. Not my problem. I usually screenshot the conversation where they ask and I explicitly tell them no. I believe every single person that gets unsolicited genitalia photos should respond just as I do☺️
The reply about fake documents is a good one. I'd suggest she leave out a letter, addressed from her husband to a doctor, stating his desire for a sex change.
What is the op trying to hide ? A vibrator , some herb , some other kinky sex toy! I don’t care let them snoop I like the idea of someone finding something they have no business seeing ! 😂I want to see the look on her face when she finds my diatomaceous earth stash I keep in a plastic baggie !
Honestly, how hard is it for the husband to have a sincere talk with his own mother, telling her this behavior is not okay, and is an invasion of privacy?? Grow some balls, buddy.
His mom sounds like she might be mentally ill. She's been talked to repeatedly. Locks have been installed. She had one minor glittering before the glitter trap. Most people would knock it off before that point. They'd be embarrassed. She seems like she has very poor impulse control, might be a bit obsessed, and her husband and son have just come to accept this kind of behavior and work around it to avoid her explosions. It's their normal, but it's not normal to OP or the rest of us looking at it from the outside. I agree that it's on her husband to enforce boundaries, but it sounds like he was raised by FIL to placate her and doesn't have the tools. Enforcing boundaries is often not easy, but with someone who is mentally ill it can be a frustrating and constant slog. I'm glad they're going to therapy because maybe her husband will get some help with strategies for that.
Load More Replies... Haaahaaha biodegradable glitter for future projects. That made me laugh. Of course NTA but your MIL is and your husband is weak (like his father).
At least it seems husband is open to change? It's a nice touch I think.
Load More Replies... Code for "I know what she's like and agree with you but my life wont be worth living if I agree with you out loud".
Load More Replies... Every time she gets up asked loudly where she is going and then advised she will be escorted as she can't be trusted. Stand outside door until finished. Then walked back to seat. She acts like an irresponsible child she gets treated like one.
Very good solution! But husband has to do it, as it is his Mother..... if wife can trust him to really do it, that is
Load More Replies... The husband is the problem. He has been watching his father not doing anything about his horrible mother for way too long and he thinks it's ok.
Why can't she clean her car? Has she never heard of vacuum cleaners?
Yeah - it's not really ruined. Though glitter sticks around for ages. I've just put the Christmas decorations away, didn't have anything bar a couple of cards sent to us with glitter, vacuumed three times and STILL the carpet is sparkly!! MIL will be carting glitter everywhere for months. Serves her right!
Load More Replies... I live on my own in my bachelor pad. The thought of ANYONE even my own mother snooping through MY private stuff would annoy the **** out of me. Even when my landlord comes around for his rent he always says "I wont come in, it's your place I wont invade your privacy" and if he ever has to come in to fix something he makes a point of not opening any doors or looking in any cupboards unless absolutely necessary -And this is HIS flat I live in. If he can respect my privacy then your MIL should stay the **** out.
Where I'm from, it's forbidden by law to the landlord to just enter, even if he owns the flat you rent.
Load More Replies... The MIL was mad? Tell her she was lucky it's only glitter and you would use hot pitch the next time. WTF is wrong with people???
Everytime the mother went to leave the room i'd follow one step right behind her back, if she got weird about it I'd say she needs someone to come with her to the bathroom because she keeps forgetting where it is, and you're worried she'll just pee in the closet. I'd make an announcement when she arrived that "someone needs to be the designated peepee-goer with MIL, just like you would with a little child at McDonalds, also since she's forgetting where the bathroom is we should all have an intense discussion about having her go to the doctor for dementia, alzheimers and even stroke checkups, because she's clearly having neurological issues, maybe she shouldn't be driving a car!". Make a huge hullabaloo about it to everyone. She'd stop her sh*t then. Mindplay this bitc* back like a gaslighting master. Also, husband needs to cut the apron strings with mommy. Does she still come over for bath time to wash his winky? Jeeze.
Yes, his wee w***y winky...probs wants to tuck him in, feed him and wipe his ass too.
Load More Replies... Boundaries were clearly set, explained in detail, enforced with locks (honestly, a grown-as$ woman?), and this happens. Hubby should be standing by his partner but is probably falling into lifetime habits of whitewashing his mom's behavior. She's likely the one who taught him that... and at least he's willing to try to change. MiL is the asshole.
Honestly I would have had a firm talk with the MIL about snooping, and if she did it again, I would ban her from visiting anymore. It's that simple
I love the idea of planting fake letters for the MIL to read! If the OP has a creative bent, she could stop with the glitter, which causes conflict without stopping the snooping, and create a secret life as a hit woman. Print out letters or emails from clients, including price lists, print invoices and expenses, ask for advice from colleagues about money laundering, and about the new slow-acting poison that looks just like regular cheap glitter...
Yes!! Print up a letter as if it was from a lawyer or accountant telling her she should invest her $2 million lottery winnings in such and such. Or, scan and edit a bank statement In your name only and show a very huge balance! That would get her goat!
Load More Replies... Definitely NTA. Welcoming someone into your home does not give them the right to invade your privacy especially when you are repeatedly ask not to go into certain areas of the home. It's very disturbing that this MIL was so determined.
When I was a little kid, I would snoop around in my aunt's bedroom. Not so that I could find anything, but because she had a lot of cool jewelry and perfume bottles and stuff. The key words being WHEN I WAS A KID. I would never go into someone else's home and snoop around as an adult. That's rude and it's disrespectful. This mother in law needs to park her behind in the main area of the house with everyone else or she should stay at her own home. There is absolutely no reason for her to be snooping around this house. I am glad that SIL and FIL didn't swiftly come to her defense and get mad at the OP.
... you should have gone frurther - glitter doesn't hurt, and is easy to vacuum away. OTOH, she may deserve a chance to get the warning, but a warning, she already received, more than once - do, arrange to happen, something that, in case of snoopery and only then, does some damage and also exposes who, how, why has gotten it in case it is gotten by someone. Seriously, how do people always end up marrying people whose parents are creeps and sniffers and stuff? And how do the spouses always not get what an effed up behaviour their parents are committing, seemingly at least in the regular?
NTA. I'm hopeful they can work this issue out before it gets worse. Re: OP said she locked the bedroom door, got a ladder, and climbed through the window. Something about that tickles my sense that she has gone too far... But desperate times call for desperate measures?
It's because her boundaries are being repeatedly egregiously crossed and her husband is being dismissive. It'll make you crazy.
Load More Replies... So.... are these stories just for us to laugh at? Vindication is not necessary. Some of them I read and I rather wish I could just go to the poster and say "Run, run from your marriage. It'll hurt at first but you will feel better eventually" but in this case I'm laughing my ass off.
Definitely not the asshole. Your MIL is a nosy snooping cow who sounds like a self entitled bitch. Your husband should be putting YOU first. Sounds like she's a jealous manipulative cow who if related to me would not be over my door again and if hubby didn't like it he could fkn join her on the outside of the door
I would contact an assisted living place and give them her name for a "tour" and ask to send a confirmation email and leave that laying around lmao. A funeral packet too for good measure.
Would have printed a bunch of medical reports saying the husband is in need of an organ or will be dead soon for her to find. The real question is will she offer one of hers?
Leave a bill from a private detective and a fake report saying the MIL frequents porn theaters. Leave a note from a doctor saying the husband has a terminal illness. Leave bills laying around the bedroom for porn her husband presumably bought
I agree with the poster that said she may have mental issues. Something seems off there. More than that, i would sit her down and ask her what it is that concerns her so much that she feels she needs to go through your her bills and private stuff. try to get to the bottom of why she feels she needs to do this. and call her out on it in front of everyone when it does happen. She should be embarassed. mr switzerland and hubby need to take it more seriously. why no one else seems to be saying this is ridiculous is strange.
Call her Snoop Dog from now on. I recently saw a wine with Snoop-Dog on it. I think it's called 19 crimes or something like that. I would serve that at dinner
My FIL was the problem. I followed him upstairs and started screaming bloody murder when I caught him past the hall bathroom in our bedroom. I asked what are you doing and he starts telling me he's looking for aspirin. I scream "in my panty drawer!!" He had a dozen pairs laid across my dresser and he was SNIFFING a pair when I caught him. My husband about killed him. He was way more furious at his father than me. I was going to wash my whole drawer full of underwear. My husband threw it all away. He just got grossed out every time he thought about it.
An old item from the past, the wife's mom wouldn't leave the daughter's phone alone and would snoop in it. So the husband texted the wife from the bathroom while the wife & mil were in the kitchen and had very detailed plans for later in the bedroom. He sent it, heard the ting and soon the Mil was red-faced and whispering to daughter about the message...she told her mom it was NONE of her business what two consenting adults did in the privacy of their room and late in the evening. Shut that woman down the right way.
That's what I always do with unsolicited 🍆 pics. Usually I'll be talking with some guy about a game or something random and then out of nowhere that asked me if I want to see a picture of their 🍆, the answer is always no, but quite a few times they will do it anyway. Whenever that happens I screenshot it and post it to their walls. Then for some reason they tend to get upset 😭, saying things like my girlfriend on my wife or my mother or my grandmother can see my page. Not my problem. I usually screenshot the conversation where they ask and I explicitly tell them no. I believe every single person that gets unsolicited genitalia photos should respond just as I do☺️
The reply about fake documents is a good one. I'd suggest she leave out a letter, addressed from her husband to a doctor, stating his desire for a sex change.
What is the op trying to hide ? A vibrator , some herb , some other kinky sex toy! I don’t care let them snoop I like the idea of someone finding something they have no business seeing ! 😂I want to see the look on her face when she finds my diatomaceous earth stash I keep in a plastic baggie !
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