Mom gets into bed with daughter-in-law while she sleeps, gets upset when she freaks out: 'She was just kind of looking at me & smiling'

In this story, a woman was faced with an awkward dilemma after her mother-in-law gave her a fright the morning after she had been discharged from the hospital. This was around the same time she and her husband were hosting her husband's family for the holidays.

She had been sleeping when her husband left for work, but when she woke up, she realized that somebody else was in bed with her. When she opened her eyes, she saw her mother-in-law looking back at her.

Her immediate reaction was one of shock and anger, but she calmed down once she understood the reality of the situation. Her MIL was upset, and she also felt upset, as she usually had a positive relationship with her. She wanted to know if she had taken things too far.