TikTokers Are Using the App to Call Out Their Toxic Mothers-in-Law

In a perfect world, in addition to the gift of lifelong happiness, a couple would also be warmly received by their new family members after tying the knot. But this isn't a perfect world and more often than not, newlyweds struggle to maintain a harmonious relationship with their in-laws.

Such is the case for one woman who took to TikTok on Tuesday with harrowing tales of the harassment she's allegedly faced at the hands of her ex-husband's mother. The TikTok user @shewolfnm, replying to a call to share in-law horror stories, detailed instances in which her former relative allegedly spewed racial slurs at her and attempted to have her daughter taken away from her.

"Crazy ex-mother-in-law. Mine used to refer to me as the n-word, to let you know what she thought of me. So I separate from her son and there's a weekend she calls me up and she wants to take her granddaughter out—you know, my daughter. I told her no because I had other plans that weekend. And that was on a Friday. That Monday that woman was in court," @shewolfnm says in a TikTok clip.

"She went to court and she told the court that she 'knew' I was killing people while I was at work and the companies that I worked for were in on it and they were OK with it. She also told the court that she believed I was buying and selling drugs. She also told the court that she believed I was selling myself. She also told the court that she 'knew' I was bipolar, I was schizophrenic, I was delusional—there was a whole plethora of other wild accusations. And you know the reason she did that? She was asking for full custody of my daughter."

In the video she also adds: "That happened in 2012. We're in 2020 now. She lost that lawsuit. She hasn't stopped suing me, back-to-back lawsuits. I think we're on lawsuit number 23."

That TikTok user is far from the only one to use the platform to vent about toxic dynamics with in-laws. Her video has gone viral, though, racking up more than 154,000 views and thousands of comments from people not only empathizing with her situation, but also sharing their own monster-in-law experiences.

"My husband's stepmother tried to get him to leave me at the alter an hour before our wedding. The day before she got mad and ruined my rehearsal dinner," one woman commented.

Another person wrote: "Mine told me [that] my children and husband were her family and I'm lucky I get to be part of it. I'm also not old enough to have a Mother's Day yet, it's still her day! My oldest is 13 yrs old, but still her day."

Another woman on TikTok, @mrsbritnicole, has an entire page of skits dedicated to the intense mother-in-law behavior that some women have to deal with. One scenario involves a controlling mother-in-law sharing pregnancy news with her Facebook followers despite a couple's desire to keep the news private. Another focuses on a mother-in-law attempting to hijack Christmas by buying and presenting gifts to grandkids early, after having already learned what the parents were planning on gifting the kids.