Mouse Figurine In-Laws Story

About

Mouse Figurine In-laws Story refers to a post in Reddit's /r/AmITheAsshole in which an anonymous woman tells a story about how her in-laws have a deep obsession with their collection of plush mice figurines, to the point that they even refer to one of them as their grandson. After the couple announces they're pregnant, the in-laws celebrate that they'll now have "two" grandchildren, including the mouse, which causes the anonymous woman to get angry and insist her unborn child is more important than their stuffed mouse. This causes her in-laws to act extremely cold with her, and prompted to post on the subreddit. Although the post was deleted shortly after it was posted, it was saved and posted to Twitter, where it grew highly popular as people reacted with horror to the story.

Origin

On July 9th, 2019, Reddit user Ihaveamouseproblem posted a story to Reddit's /r/AmITheAsshole.^[1] In the post, she details how she has been happily married to her husband for ten years, but has been put off by her in-laws obsession with their collection of mice figurines. The in-laws will treat the mice as people and guests, going so far as to talk in mouse voices and say things like "I'm hungry" as though they are the mouse. They have referred to one mouse, a giant paper mache mouse they call "Timothy," as their grandchild. The in-laws expect the storyteller to take part in the charade, which she has resolutely refused to do throughout her marriage, to the chagrin of the in-laws.

The story comes to a head when the storyteller tells the in-laws she is pregnant, and they celebrate by saying they will now have "two" grandchildren, including "Timothy." The storyteller says she got angry and said her unborn child was more important than the in-laws paper mache mouse, which caused the in-laws to scream at her and call her stupid. The storyteller says the husband did not support her, and she is worried the in-laws will be cold to her child.

Though the story was deleted from Reddit, a repost to /r/relationships was captured and posted to Twitter by user @JakeMHS,^[2] where it gained over 5,200 retweets and 17,000 likes (screenshots shown below).

Spread

After @JakeMHS' tweet, Twitter users began to express their horror at the bizarre story. Twitter user @_ElizabethMay^[3] tweeted that she didn't understand how "this lady is posting on an internet forum and not fucking running," gaining over 40 retweets and 440 likes (shown below, left). User @UrsulaV^[4] tweeted, "I don't even care if this is fake because it is a terrifying work of genius" (shown below, right).

Others joked that the solution to the posters problem was to "kill Timothy." User @rebeccarmix^[5] wrote that and gained over 280 likes (shown below, left), as did user @TheAmitie,^[6] gaining over 150 likes (shown below, right). The story was covered by Lipstick Alley^[7] and Daily Dot.^[8]

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