My MIL Took Our Wedding Gift Money — Then Caused a Scene
Tanya’s wedding day started like a fairytale — sunlight over the vineyard, laughter in the air, and a beautiful glass box waiting to collect cards from 120 guests. Her mother-in-law, Sharon, sweetly offered to “keep an eye on it.” Focused on the ceremony, Tanya didn’t think twice.
Hours later, when the dancing ended and Tanya went to check the gift box — it was gone.
Sharon calmly explained she had “locked it in her car for safekeeping,” promising to return it the next morning.
But at the brunch the next day, Sharon shocked everyone. She admitted she’d counted the money — about $5,000 — and decided to hold onto it herself. She even said she’d already used part of it to pay for a relative’s hotel room. When Tanya and her husband Grant asked for it back, Sharon called them ungrateful and accused them of being “too immature” to handle money — right in front of family and guests.
The joy of their wedding vanished in an instant. Tanya sat there, humiliated, realizing Sharon didn’t see them as adults — only as children who needed her control.