MIL Says Mom ‘Obviously Hates Daughter’ Because She Sent Her to Her Dream Boarding School

The saying "mother knows best" might be terribly cliche, but in all honesty, it is pretty accurate. Moms who have close relationships with their kids really do know what's best for them, and often act with their best interests at heart. That certainly doesn't stop MILs from attempting to undermine, overrule, and guilt trip-away mom's decisions.

One woman is dealing with a MIL who's doing all that and more after she announced her decision to send her 14-year-old girl to a dance boarding school.

On Reddit, a mother shared that her daughter "G" has loved to dance every since she was a little girl.

"I enrolled G [in] ballet classes when she was 3 as a way for her to exercise and [meet] friends and she flourished," wrote the mom. "Her drive to do well in both school and dance is insane, so much so that G was accepted into the best performing arts high school in the country. She’s wanted to go to this school since she was 8-years-old and has been working towards this since. I am very very, very proud of my daughter and all that she’s accomplished in her life and I’m happy that she’s gotten into the school of her dreams, even if it’s a boarding school halfway across the country."

Her MIL, on the other hand, is heartbroken that she is “abandoning her” to go to “some school where you don’t even learn anything real.”

"My husband passed away 8 years ago and ever since, my MIL has been borderline obsessed with G," shares the mom. "MIL came shopping for dorm supplies with G and I the other day and repeatedly asked G to stay at the local public school so she could be close to her."

The mom sent G away and turned to her MIL and told her to stop trying to guilt-trip her daughter.

"MIL told me that I 'obviously hated my daughter because I was sending her away to some school so she wouldn’t bother me anymore,'" she claimed. "MIL thinks I’m forcing G to dance to make up for my 'failed dreams’. (I did Dance when I was a kid but I didn’t really like it so I quit) She doesn’t seem to understand that I’m not forcing my daughter to do anything and this is all her."

Her MIL didn't exactly take the hint and things escalated.

"MIL started going on and on about how G has to stay and can't leave and how I just want to send G away so I don’t have a child anymore," she wrote. "I ended up asking her to leave because she was making a scene in the middle of Target. Luckily she did and I told G that MIL actually had a doctors appointment that she forgot about and had to leave. I’m honestly thinking about not letting MIL see G until she leaves in a few weeks because I think MIL can guilt-trip her into staying. I love my daughter, and I’m crushed that she’s leaving in a few weeks, but I know that this is what she wants so I’m putting on a brave face and acting like I’m excited for her as well."

So now the mom wants to know if she is wrong for sending her daughter away for school and maybe MIL isn't overreacting?

People thought mom was the opposite of wrong and was in fact very selfless.

"It would be incredibly difficult to allow your daughter to go to boarding school," empathized one mom. "Your are being selfless in the face of her dream. My MIL wants to take my 5-year-old daughter across the country to see some family next summer and I was just telling my husband today I don’t think I am ready for that. And that is a week long trip…I am sure your daughter is excited but it has be a little scary leaving her family to follow her dream and your MIL is undermining this. You did the right thing telling her to stop or to leave. I absolutely wouldn’t allow her to try and guilt trip your daughter in to staying. Don’t allow your MIL to see your daughter without you present and be prepared to ask her to leave or leave yourself if the situation escalates."