The realities of modern work can easily get lost within generational divides.

When her mother-in-law continues to disrespect her line of work, one software developer drops a truth bomb that makes everyone uncomfortable.

You’ll want to read on for this one!

AITAH for embarrassing my MIL in front of guests after she implied I don’t do “real work”?

I (28F) work from home as a software developer.

My MIL (58F) has never understood or respected that.

She makes her disrespect very clear.

Every time she visits, she makes snide remarks like, “Oh, must be nice to sit in pajamas all day,” or “Back in my day, we actually had to commute to work.”

This past weekend we hosted a small BBQ.

Her MIL proceeds to try and embarrass her in front of everyone.

During dinner, someone asked what I do, and before I could answer, MIL chuckled and said, “Oh, she watches Netflix and calls it coding.”

So finally, she had enough and decided to speak up.

Without skipping a beat, I smiled and said, “Yeah, and that ‘Netflix’ paid off your son’s student loans and bought this house.”

Everyone laughed.

MIL got really quiet.

Now she’s facing backlash from her husband.

After they left, my husband said I was being unnecessarily mean and should’ve just let it slide.

AITAH?

Sounds like this MIL had it coming!

What did Reddit make of all this?

It was high time this MIL be called out for her rudeness.

Hello, husband? Time to start standing up for your wife!

Her husband should really put himself in her shoes.

He needs to get his priorities in order, and fast.

Her quick wit made it loud and clear that she wouldn’t her MIL’s passive-aggressiveness any longer.

It’s not rude to stand up against blatant disrespect.

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