Woman heartbroken as mother-in-law gives her baby supplies… even though she has no kids

This is a bit of a weird one - and a very sad one at that, too.

A woman has taken to Reddit to share her turmoil after her mother-in-law gifted her baby supplies at Christmas. The woman explained in the post that she has been trying to get pregnant for a while now but there has been no success - which makes the present even more difficult to receive. She wrote:

"It was actually heartbreaking. DH and I have been trying for a baby for a while, and my period was late. We were very excited because we thought...but tests were negative. (I got my period three days later...) We had not told anybody, and I planned to tell our parents at Christmas if we got a pregnancy confirmed. We obviously did not.

"My cousin announced her pregnancy at family Christmas the night before, which was super hard because even though we were excited for her, we didn't know what was going on with me. And now we do know, and it's still hard.

"MIL has baby rabies. She put baby supplies in my stocking. She was even gifted a book on how to be a grandmother by FIL. I had to hide in the bathroom and cry because I was so heartbroken. I appreciate the gesture...it just feels like a lot of pressure on top of what I put on myself...

"Am I overreacting? She also called DH a few days later to ask if I had started. I just think it's a lot."

Many people commented on the post with words of support and encouragement - which she later edited the post to thank them all. One user wrote:

"No you're not overreacting. If she knows you're struggling atm then that was a highly insensitive thing to do to you.

"And phoning your husband to ask if you started your period (if that's what you meant)? That's very inappropriate."

While another said that she doesn't even have to keep the baby supplies if it's too difficult for her to have them in the house:

"You are not over reacting at all. That is terribly rude of her. I hope your husband put her in her place. If you haven’t done so already, throw the stuff out or donate it. Don’t keep it unless you really want to."

Have you ever had to deal with something like this before? What would your advice be?