r/Bestof My Mother-in-Law Tried to Kidnap My Daughter

0:00 Intro
0:09 MIL
8:16 Stop it
13:37 Top comment
14:06 Double date

[esmeraldaloschuetz]

Last story: Ah, yes. The classically handsome one who has become lazy, relying only on their looks and charms, vs the chubby one who actually had to develop a personality.

[BadassHater]

The last story:
I had a feeling that Joel was thinking that he would look better if OP was there in his usual manner and both Jean and Sam would fall for him.
Ironically it turns out that OP is a charmer who can actually offer a pretty damn good time to his date (no dirty things in mind of course) while the only thing Joel can do is pout in the corner despite having all the chances to hit it off with Jean in the same charming way. But no - he prefered to pout.
Now that's what i call a spectacular backfire.

[silverflight]

Story 2: If it had to take *breaking up* with Alexa for her to *finally* apologize for her terrible comments, you can tell how shameless she felt. She actually thought nobody would be mad at her for her comments towards Rachel.

Rachel has a saint's patience, I'm jealous

[Maria_Miciano_]

That ex husband in the first story is definitely a mommy’s boy. But I couldn’t imagine he and his mom would take the daughter. I was so afraid for the poor kid. She’s literally a toddler, I’m glad OP has full custody of her daughter.

[owl]

"She did what she thought was best" she hospitalized your three year old because she chose to deliberately ignore a health condition

[Amber]

Story 2: If I were Rachel, I would tell Alexandra that despite everything that’s happened to me in my life, I feel sorry for her because of how miserable she must be with her own that she has to be so petty and cruel.

Story 3: “How do you lose a woman?” “You forget to cherish her”

[errantwinds-upuu]

Story 1: Gotta love how the BIL in the story made OP's ex realise that his mother was racist and he STILL ended up being a giant mummy's boy. Wow.

Story 2: WTH is Alexa's problem? It's not like Rachel came back into their lives and stole their mother's attention or something. George seems like the only decent person in that family.

Story 3: I love a wholesome story! I hope OP and Sam have a great relationship. It goes to show that ACTUAL charm and respect can go a long way (looking at you, nice guys).

[ZombieSazza]

“She did what she thought was best”
What, by endangering a child’s health? By making up horrible malicious lies about the mother? By claiming OPs brother MOLESTED her child? By accusing OP of being an addict and leaving drugs around the home? By being a horrible racist?

Pray tell, how are any of those “best” for the child?

[YourXavier]

Story 1:
- "She only did what she thought was best."
- "And now our child is in the hospital. What does that tell you?"

[BennyLlama]

On the last story, I can't wait for the update in a year or two about how they are getting married and that if not for the selfish impulse of his friend, OP might never have hit it off with his other half. It would be a hell of a, how I met your mother story if they have kids

[silverflight]

Story 1: Honestly, after that last update, just don't let the ex see her ever again. He already proved that he can't be trusted to be alone with OP's daughter, so he can't be trusted to be around her period. Who's to say he could take any chance he gets to run off with OP's daughter and never be seen again?

[TomDarkwulf]

First story, it always amazes me in stories like this that people somehow think the ex or estranged partner won't notice stuff like attempting to renew a kids passport or other like massive red flags

[juanhaines]

I've heard this one before. I'm so glad op got custody of the daughter. I would move as far away as possible once I got full custody.

[sayadiva]

Double date story: you know I only see this kinda thing in anime with the whole mixer date thing. The popular/hot guy will bring a “loser” to prop themselves up then get mad when the “ugly duckling” actually turns out to be the more charming one

[d.phantomfan]

Story 1: It shouldn't have took him watching his brother be a real man for him to figure out what he did wrong, after you told him what he was doing wrong for years. The mother is racist and made several unforgivable accusation towards you yet your ex still feels like the biggest douchebag in the story. If he doesn't go to prison for attempted kidnapping of a minor, there's no way is he getting full custody ever again, especially when the part about meal making several fake accusations to take away custody comes up, along with all the evidence and how he kept harassing you.

[beeziebubs]

Story 1: I wouldn’t just be pressing for sole custody but asking for a full blown restraining order against him. He was going to kidnap his own daughter explicitly to spite his ex wife for dumping him. He’s showing erratic, dangerous behaviors that need more addressing than just supervised visitation because if he’s escalated to kidnapping after a poisoning incident, then who’s to say he won’t escalate to murder?

[stuartwalker]

Story 1: I hope the ex loses custody, glad op’s daughter is safe
Story 2: yay for Rachel, boo for Alexa. What a nasty piece of work Alexa is
Story 3: yay so wholesome we need more wholesome stories. I’m glad op and Sam finally decided to be dating

[BunnyQueen]

Story 1: there was a woman recently who’s ex husband and ex MiL kidnapped her two daughters and took them to South American for FOUR YEARS. The police found them living in an RV in the middle of nowhere in Costa Rica, and the daughters thought their mom had killed herself and wasn’t looking for them anymore. The husband only got like five years in prison for it and when he got out, he had his brother shoot the mom to death in a courthouse.

[guitarbass]

OH GOD THAT LAST STORY IS SO ADORABLE!!!! Good on OP and Sam. Glad it seems to be working out.

[Glacial]

Last Story: Nice to see a happy ending for once! I wish nothing but the best for OP and his partner