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Now today's first story comes from the am I the asshole here

subreddit from Puzzle headed 255 and it says, Am I the Assol for refusing to recover at home

after surgery. I 29 female am really disappointed with my husband, 30 male, and furious at his mother, hag-aged, female.

Sorry this is so long.

And throw away for privacy.

For context, my husband is from the West Coast, where his mother still lives.

He moved to the East Coast for college, and that's where we met, after graduation.

In the start of our relationship, she would visit three to four times a year and make him take

PTO so he could entertain her throughout her visit. After two years of this, while we were still dating,

I asked him how we are ever meant to go on vacation together if his PTO is spent at home

with his visiting mother.

We agreed to save PTO for a trip to Europe we took in 2023, and he agreed to tell his mother

he couldn't take off from work every time she visited.

In my last job, I was able to work from home four days a week, and every time she visited,

she sulked all day like a puppy, who's had her toys taken away.

But once my husband came home, a switch flicked and she was happy, and clingy again.

So here's the issue now.

Husband and I moved states about six months ago, closer to my family.

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