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Nicola Croal

Fuming mum complains father-in-law made her garden look 'cheap and tacky'

A mum has been left in an awkward situation after her father-in-law offered to do up her front garden but has left it looking "tacky and rushed". The woman explains that she allowed her hubby's dad to do some work to their garden to save some money, even though she hadn't originally been keen on the idea.

She took to Mumsnet's 'Am I Being Unreasonable?' thread to express her concerns about her new front lawn, which she and her partner think looks "cheap". The post has sparked some controversy online as people flocked to the comments to give their thoughts on the situation, the Liverpool Echo reports.

The upload titled 'FIL had messed up my front garden .. AIBU?' read: "FIL offered to do our front garden in our new house for us. Originally I wasn’t keen on the idea as he didn’t put my son’s bedroom furniture together very well.

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