My husband decided to lock the fridge in an attempt to “help me lose weight” — but his mother’s response left him in shock.
We had endured a long journey to have our baby, including years of infertility treatments and hormone injections before I finally got pregnant.
Weight gain was already a reality before my pregnancy, and giving birth added even more pounds.
Exercise was nowhere on my horizon as I was still healing from childbirth; my daughter was just two months old, and at times even getting out of bed was painful.
Though I hardly recognized myself, I believed my husband, Ryan, understood what I was experiencing.
I was mistaken.
One afternoon, with my baby in my arms, I went to grab lunch from the fridge and was surprised to see a COMBINATION LOCK on its door.
I stood still in disbelief.
Ryan smiled and announced:
“I’ll be controlling WHAT you take out of it and how many times a day. You’ll finally lose some weight.”
My first reaction was to assume it was a prank.
“Ryan, I can control what I eat myself, and I’m still recovering from childbirth. I need time. I don’t even eat sweets or fatty foods. Why are you doing this?”
He laughed loudly.
“I married a skinny woman. You’re NOT HER anymore. So I’m taking control of this situation because you obviously can’t!”
Over the following few days, he’d open the fridge for me using the code, monitoring what and how much I ate.
It was humiliating.
Despite my attempts to explain that this wasn’t right, Ryan was indifferent.
Yesterday, Ryan’s mother stopped by for a visit.
Ryan proudly told her about how he was “handling me” when she took note of the lock on the fridge.
She smiled and remarked:
“Well, son, if you love controlling everything so much, then I have something for you too.”
She led him outside.
A moment later, Ryan yelled:
“HOW DARE YOU?! NO, NOT THAT — PLEASE!”
Alarmed, I hurried outside…
and was stunned by what his mother had done. ⬇️