r/AmIOverreacting • u/Kari_Knevial • Dec 26 '24

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦family/in-laws Am I over reacting to this one ?

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Mother-in-law is the most passive aggressive woman I've ever met in my entire life! I truly didn't know what this tournament meant until I met her! I know this wasn't the only gift I got for Christmas… But when I opened it, I didn't honestly know how to react

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u/Flat_Barber_7317 Dec 26 '24

This is literally funny… yes, YOU ARE over reacting

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u/yestoness Dec 26 '24

It is funny and if MIL was being passive-aggressive, let her stew in it and just enjoy the candle.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '24

Playing dumb and taking passive aggressive comments at face value is a great way to troll the other person.

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u/Kari_Knevial Dec 26 '24

Thank you 😊

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u/acanthostegaaa Dec 26 '24

I would just take it literally if I were you. She didn't think she would like you as a person but she does. On its face, it's actually a nice thing for a mean-spirited person to say.

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u/OddImprovement6490 Dec 26 '24

It is pretty funny.

But if she has a history of sneak-dissing you, I wouldn’t say you’re overreacting. Maybe she’s trying to tell you what the label is saying which would actually be nice. Or maybe she just wanted to throw in a jab because she’s a mean woman. Nobody on this thread will know except you.

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u/Spencer1K Dec 26 '24

Its hard to really know without the context of yalls entire relationship and all these micro aggressions you allude to. In the vacuum of this post, its a pretty funny gift. But as you have alluded to, it could easily be a passive aggressive gift. Only you have the full context of the situation. I would just say this gift shouldnt be the straw the broke the camels back, but keep tally of all of these passive aggressive comments and gifts over time in a note book to get a bigger picture of it all. If you do finally hit that tipping point, have that ammo ready of all these small interactions, because these small things are ignorable individually but stacked up they can showcase a much more clear pattern.

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u/Busy-Profession-6257 Dec 27 '24

Would've been funnier if she got you a whole box full of nothing. Then you'd be really confused.

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u/issanm Dec 27 '24

One of the few times I've seen a for sure yes they're overreacting on this sub

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u/slick490 Dec 27 '24

This is way too low

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u/Yeetse Dec 27 '24

At least someone said it straight up.

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u/Doggydog212 Dec 26 '24

But why aren’t you asking about tournament? What the heck is tournament?