Man dumps family on dream vacation after his mother-in-law uses his toothpaste

A family's internal fights became an issue of debate on social media after a man confessed how he dumped his family on a dream vacation in Europe because he found his mother-in-law was using his toothpaste. The man's actions were not really appreciated and he faced a backlash on social media.

In his post on Reddit, the 38-year-old man wrote that he and his 35-year-old wife were planning a vacation to Venice, Italy,along with their five-year-old daughter.

Here's how the fight over toothpaste ensued

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"Venice has always been my wife's idea of a romantic city, so it's been her dream to go there," said the man. He said that his mother-in-law also joined them on the trip after she said that "it was her dream to visit too".

The man was dismayed after he found that his wife had booked only one room for the four people which had two queen beds and made the perfect situation for multiple conflicts.

The redditer said that he was unhappy to see his mother-in-law share his wife's "expensive" products like face wash, shampoo and lotion and also sit on their bed.

"It is very unhygienic to me and I don't like that she was sitting on the bed that me and my wife share, as I am a very private person," said the user.

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"She also rummaged through our suitcase looking for a hair tie, and it really irked me that she did so without asking me. I don't like the thought of her looking through our stuff when we're gone, so I locked it," the man wrote.

The man claimed that the "final straw" was when he found that the mother-in-law was using his and his wife's toothpaste which made him feel "ill".

"I don't like the thought of her putting her toothbrush close to (or even on) the toothpaste nozzle.... I asked [my] MIL if the only reason she came was to freeload off of me and my wife, as she didn't pay for any of the expenses (hotel, amenities, food), only her own plane tickets. I said that I've asked her politely several times to stop using my wife's stuff, especially because I share it with her and it's very inappropriate," the user wrote.

The user said that when his wife got to know about it, she screamed at him and he felt "very angry" and decided to abandon them in the middle of the trip.

"I changed the date of my plane ticket and went straight home. My wife has called me several times afterwards, screaming at me and saying that our daughter is upset," he said.

Netizens slam the Reddit user

The "AITA" community slammed the user and said that he did not know what he wanted from both his wife and his mother-in-law.

People said that users had unrealistic expectations for cleanliness.

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"Wow. Your wife books the wrong hotel room so your solution is to abandon her on her dream vacation, forcing her to care for your high-maintenance kindergartener on her own? Couldn’t you have booked a separate room for your MIL instead of abandoning your wife and child?," said a user.

(With inputs from agencies)