Mother-in-law wants to sleep in high school senior son’s room; daughter-in-law called ‘ill-mannered’ after refusing [What do you think?]

[Financial News] A woman’s story has sparked outrage online: she refused her mother-in-law’s request to stay overnight out of consideration for her son, a high school senior about to take the college entrance exam, and was subjected to verbal abuse by her sister-in-law, leading to conflict within the family.

News1 reported on the 7th that a post titled ‘I refused my mother-in-law’s request to stay overnight, and now I’m the “ill-mannered” daughter-in-law’ had recently appeared on an online community.
According to the post’s author, A, her mother-in-law lives a 30-minute drive away and began visiting A’s home almost every week after her father-in-law died last year. Considering that her widowed mother-in-law might feel lonely, A had always made a point of serving her meals and fruit with care.
The conflict began several months ago, when the mother-in-law started asking to stay overnight every time she visited. Because A’s home has only two rooms, whenever her mother-in-law stayed, A’s son—a high school senior preparing for the college entrance exam, who used one of the rooms—had to sleep in the living room.
A had accommodated her several times, but her son, who studied until the early hours, began suffering from sleep deprivation and eventually even had a nosebleed in the morning. Deciding that her child’s health and ability to stay in good condition came first, A recently asked her mother-in-law politely, “Could you please put off staying overnight just until my son has finished his college entrance exam? In return, I’ll visit your home more often.”
But the mother-in-law stiffened, silently gathered her things, and left. That night, A received an angry call from her sister-in-law. She snapped at A, saying, “How could you kick out Mom when she’s all alone?” and “There’s a limit to how rude you can be.” A explained, “I didn’t kick her out; I asked her politely,” but her sister-in-law hung up after cursing her: “You’ll get old too. Your daughter-in-law will kick you out the same way.”
Her husband, who should have acted as a mediator, also stood by, saying, “You have a point, but don’t you feel sorry for Mom?” Later, A went to her mother-in-law’s home herself, left some side dishes by the door and a message, but received no reply.
A said, “I started crying on the bus ride home. I clearly told her she could come back after the college entrance exam was over, but nobody remembers that. All that’s left is the accusation that I’m ‘ill-mannered,’” expressing her sense of injustice and distress.
Most internet users who read the story expressed deep sympathy for the daughter-in-law and criticized her in-laws and her husband’s behavior. They responded critically, saying things like, “Living just 30 minutes away and still wanting to take over the room of a grandson preparing for his exams is incredibly selfish,” “If you feel so sorry for your mother, then take her into your own home,” and “The husband’s passivity—failing to act as a mediator and shifting the responsibility onto his wife—only made the problem worse.”

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