A WOMAN divided opinions with her plan to confront her mother-in-law for using weight loss injections.
She said her mother-in-law has always been “vague” about her method for shedding excess pounds.
A woman was shocked when she found weight-loss injections in her mother-in-law’s fridge (stock image)[/caption]
The woman discovered the weight loss injections while helping herself to a drink from her in-law’s fridge at the weekend.
She confessed to being surprised as her mother-in-law had been counting calories and exercising regularly but never mentioned taking medication.
“To be fair, there was no name on the pen, and FIL [father-in-law] is diabetic and has also lost a fair amount of weight recently, in fact, MIL [mother-in-law] has mentioned on occasion that she’s worried about how thin FIL has got!” she said, positing on Mumsnet.
“Recently she’s been posting on her social media about how she’s now at her target weight, and that now the hard work begins, with lots of posts and photos of her gym and stuff…
“AIBU [am I being unreasonable] by bringing this up?
“I’ve not long had a baby and I guess I am a little jealous as I’ve not bounced back as I thought I might do.
“And her DD [dearest daughter] who has also recently had a baby has hit the gym and working hard to get her figure back and I just feel it’s a little bit dishonest of MIL who is such a stick in the mud about deceit and lies?”
A flood of responses argued “It’s none of your business” as they urged the woman not to bring up the injections to the family.
“What on earth has this got to do with you, exactly? Why do you need to raise it with her?” one person wrote.
“I’d not be bothered about someone knowing, but I certainly would be annoyed about someone being a nosey busybody and thinking they’ve got some kind of inside information and seemed to be revelling in it.
“So what if she uses injections? Mind your own business. Nosey cow, it’s not a crime.”
Another commenter described the woman as “bitter and judgemental” for her reaction to finding the injections.
Several people added that weight loss medication still requires healthy lifestyle habits to achieve results.
Another person said it isn’t uncommon for people to keep the medication their taking private.
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“I think you have a weird attitude towards weight loss injections,” they wrote.
“It’s personal medication, it’s up to him/her if they want to share that information with you.
“It’s not lies or deceit to keep medication information more private or to not announce it.
“I don’t tell my family about 90% of the things I’ve been prescribed, it doesn’t really come up in conversation.”
Responses to the post advised the woman not to mention finding the injections (stock image)[/caption]
