Mother In-Law Drama: Who gets the front seat?

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I watched a skit a few days ago that was about a wife, whose mother-in law took the front seat of her son’s car and the wife chastised her husband about his mother’s actions.

Now this may seem petty to a few people, including me. Matter of fact it is petty as hell abeg but this is also a very serious situation because I have come across the same question on different platforms before so obviously it is an issue to some. I have to ask though, why is this even an issue? Are we women that jobless that mama taking the front seat is now something to get angry about? I do not understand the level of pettiness here. As far as I am concerned, I do not see how your mother-in-law taking the front seat reduces your position as her son’s wife.

Please don’t be bothered if this happens to you. Let the woman sit in the front if that’s what she wants, and you seat in the owner’s corner at the back minding your own business jejely. Just be praying she isn’t around for so long, or your husband’s driving makes her nauseous so she won’t want to get in the car at all sef……….lol…. just kidding o.

I honestly feel there is so much else going on, things to do to occupy your time and mind, such that little inconveniences like that should not be enough to break your stride. Now there are some meddlesome mother-in-laws like the one in the skit who just “chanced” the wife, and it looked like an intentional move on her part; someone as described above is just troublesome, and looking for anyway to get at the wife. Please do not fall for old tricks like that. Ignore, Ignore, Ignore. In fact, help her adjust her seat well and even the vent so the air conditioning blows in the right direction. In short, help her feel comfortable. But if she had rubbed you the wrong way plenty of times before and you’ve gotten to the point where you want to just explode ehn, biko just don’t even help with making her comfortable, before you kee the poor woman….loll.. just take a deep breath, and maybe throw your husband a stinker eye sef for emphasis…lol… but please don’t start protesting or talking anyhow. Just let it go. It’s just a car ride.

BUT OOOOOO, if mama now decides she wants to take over your bedroom as in sleeping on the same bed with her son – a grown ass man, married man, working man, baba bon boy man; omo you have more problems to worry about o. That is some crazy ish right there. However, guess what, this happens in some households. I really do not know how people handle this thing without losing it.  

Now to the mother-in-law: So really you’re going to sit in the front seat? Let’s call a spade a spade ma, that’s not your place oo at all ma, it’s not your place at all at all…haba. I know he’s your son and that will  never change, but just as I hope you won’t say you want to breast feed your married son because you raised him for donkey years, I hope you will know there are certain places you do not belong within your son’s marriage. Please stop it TODAY!

If your mom is one of the mothers who do this, please ehn, tell her to stop abeg. We have told the wife to allow it gracefully out of respect for the mama and her husband, but I will also implore the Mother-in-law to also change abeg. Everyone needs to do his or her part.

Shikena…
Xoxo....
Sav