Mother-in-law refuses to see daughter-in-law's remote programming job as 'real,' calls her out at a family barbecue: 'Yeah, and that [...] paid off your son's student loans'

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  AITAH for embarrassing my MIL in front of guests after she implied I don't do "real work"

  
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• Once generational dispute came to a head at a family gathering, between a woman and her mother-in-law. When she kept making snide comments about the type of work she does, the daughter finally had enough and gave her mother-in-law a piece of her mind. But that didn't squash the beef. Read on for the story and see what you think.

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