"Linlin, your sister-in-law is about to give birth. Please take leave to take care of her during confinement! I am not in good health and cannot take care of her." Her mother-in-law called Linlin and said.
"Mom, why do you ask me to take care of my younger siblings when they are in confinement? Besides, do I run the company? My boss asks me to take leave all the time!" Linlin asked her mother-in-law unhappily.
Linlin’s husbands are two brothers. After she and her husband got married, in order to avoid conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, she strongly requested to move out and live alone, so they paid a down payment for a house and moved out.
Linlin gave birth to a daughter in the second year after her marriage. Her mother-in-law came to take care of her unhappily. She complained every day that her life was miserable and she had to serve her daughter-in-law at an old age. Linlin was very angry during her confinement. If her mother-in-law hadn't promised to take care of her, she would have hired a confinement nanny..
Being angry during confinement was nothing, and the food was hard to describe. Every day she had either noodles in soup or poached eggs with brown sugar. Only the dinner her husband had when he came back from get off work in the evening was a bit meaty. She asked her husband to tell her mother-in-law if she could have some broth, not just every day, but every other day!
I don’t know how her husband communicated. Anyway, the food was still the same. On the contrary, her mother-in-law even scolded her, saying that she was greedy and couldn’t tell her what she wanted to eat. She complained to her son, which made her cry again.
My mother-in-law couldn't wait to leave just after her confinement. She was tired of taking care of her children day and night. She was a mother and she should take care of her children. What she was worried about was what to do with her children after her maternity leave.
After the couple discussed it, her husband called her mother-in-law and asked her to help take care of the child. The mother-in-law firmly disagreed and said that she was not in good health and could not take care of the child. She was old and could not live a pure life, so she should not disturb her.
Afterwards, Linlin's mother came to help them. She took the child to kindergarten and then went back on her own initiative. Linlin knew that her mother was the only one in the world who cared about her. She couldn't figure out why her mother-in-law didn't care about her son?
After all, they had just bought a house, and now they had more children and a lot of expenses. She was not allowed to go home and be a full-time mother. Her mother-in-law was completely inconsiderate of them.
However, the difficult days were finally over. This reminded her of her mother-in-law urging her to have a second child when her child went to kindergarten, saying that it was a good idea. She thought about what she went through when she gave birth to a daughter, and she was really insensitive.
After only a few days of peaceful life, her mother-in-law made another incident. She was really speechless. Her mother-in-law actually asked her to take leave to take care of her sister-in-law during the confinement period. The reason was that she was not in good health. Linlin immediately refused.
But what her mother-in-law said next shocked her even more. She said that she had taken care of her in the first place, and she had to return the favor. Moreover, as a mother-in-law, she was not in good health, so naturally, as the eldest sister-in-law, she had to complete her work for her. She wanted to know how this fallacy came about!
Linlin refused to agree no matter what her mother-in-law said. Her mother-in-law was so angry that she scolded her, saying that she had no conscience, no gratitude, no sense of family, and that her own family would not help her own family. She seemed to have forgotten how she rejected Linlin in the first place.
A few days later, her mother-in-law said that she was willing to take a step back. Linlin did not have to take care of her younger siblings, but she would be responsible for finding a confinement nanny or booking a confinement center for her younger siblings. If she didn't want to contribute, then she could pay for it! When
received the call, Linlin laughed angrily. She really couldn't keep up with her mother-in-law's brain circuit. Why should she have to pay if she didn't contribute any effort? She just said there was no money and hung up the phone before her mother-in-law could say anything more.
My husband, who used to be very protective of his mother-in-law, felt that her mother-in-law had gone too far this time, and rarely spoke up for his mother.
What this mother-in-law does is quite new. She takes care of her daughter-in-law during her confinement period. This favor must be repaid. I can’t understand what this mother-in-law does. Her eldest son has already married. She can’t just be the master of everything and make arrangements directly. Everyone has their own life. You can’t let your eldest daughter-in-law quit her job to take care of her younger siblings, right? Otherwise, what kind of organization would let you take such a long leave?
Do you have such a mother-in-law around you?
