Sharing can be difficult – especially when it’s sharing the man you love with another woman. And perhaps no one knows this better than mothers and their daughters-in-law, who have historically butted heads to epic proportions. Big celebrations, like birthdays or Christmas, often spark conflict over who gets to host the festivities. Meanwhile, landmark life events – say, weddings – may trigger fallings out so severe that they take months, or even years, to recover from. In pop culture most recently: Victoria Beckham allegedly leaving her son Brooklyn Beckham’s wife Nicola Peltz “in tears” after “hijacking” the couple’s first dance by dancing “on” Brooklyn “very inappropriately”, as revealed in his bombshell Instagram statement this week.
“I do not want to reconcile with my family. I’m not being controlled, I’m standing up for myself for the first time in my life,” Brooklyn wrote, addressing accusations Peltz had him under her thumb. “My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn’t stopped,” he said, claiming David and Victoria had made clear that Peltz (daughter of billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz and former model Claudia Heffner Peltz) was “not blood” and “not family”.
