Newlywed Woman Thinks Her Father-in-Law Has a Crush on Her

A woman who recently got married thinks her father-in-law is harboring feelings for her — and she’s worried the situation will soon get out of hand.

“I just got married just a few weeks ago, and everything’s been like a whirlwind,” the anonymous woman writes in a post shared to Reddit.

While her husband has “been amazing,” his dad has not, she adds.

“At first, I brushed it off. I thought I was overthinking, maybe just nervous being around in-laws, but the way he looks at me it’s not normal,” she adds. “It’s not how a father-in-law should look at his son’s wife.”

The situation began with him giving her “weird compliments.”

“One day, I was wearing a simple dress and he said, ‘That color looks dangerous on you… in a good way,’ ” she writes. “I laughed it off, but it felt… loaded, like he meant something else.”

She continues: “Then it was how close he stood behind me when no one else was around, or how his eyes followed me when I left the room. Once, I swear, I caught him staring at me through the hallway mirror.”

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“I told myself I was imagining things. I wanted to be imagining things,” she writes. “But then, one night, I woke up thirsty and walked out to get water. and he was just standing there in the hallway, completely still, like he was waiting for something and when he saw me, he smiled and said, ‘Can’t sleep either?’ ”

The man’s voice, she adds, “gave me chills.”

She hasn’t told her husband, however, writing that he “worships” his dad, and she doesn’t want to “ruin that.”

“But I feel this tension, this pressure whenever I’m alone with him, like I need to keep my guard up. I don’t feel safe, and the worst part? I’m scared that this is just the beginning,” she adds.

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Fellow Reddit users are urging the woman to exercise caution, with one writing, “Your instincts are screaming for a reason, and ignoring them could cost you more than peace of mind. When a gaze feels like a threat and silence hums with danger, it’s not paranoia—it’s self-protection.”

Adds another commenter: “Tell your husband about this. If he supports his father and not you about it, file for divorce.”