Story: I am 62 years old, and my monthly pension is nearly 6,000 yuan, but my salary card is in the hands of my daughter-in-law.
Aunt Tang is 62 years old this year. Because she was busy as a teacher when she was young and was awarded the title of outstanding teacher many times, after retirement, her monthly pension is nearly 6,000 yuan.
This can be said to be a very good number, so many of Aunt Tang’s friends are extremely envious of her. I feel that in her old age, she is living a pretty good life.
But in fact, Aunt Tang also knows whether she is really living well or not. It was indeed good in the past few years, but since her son got married, life for her and her husband has become increasingly difficult.
Aunt Tang and her wife have just one son, and it can be said that they have been doting on him since he was a child. Because Aunt Tang's son is very difficult to talk to in terms of character and temper. Whenever something doesn't go his way, he will lose his temper.
Because of this, my son has never found a partner over the years. The threshold for a blind date is almost broken by the matchmaker, but my son is still very picky. Either he thinks the girl is not good-looking or he doesn't like her personality.
came and went, and it took until my son was 35 years old. After being introduced by a friend, my son found a girlfriend. After dating for a while, the two planned to get married.
Aunt Tang, who finally expected her son to get married, was very happy. She had seen that girl once, and she only thought she looked quiet, pretty, and didn't talk much. But as long as her son likes it, she will support it. After all, she lives this life with her daughter-in-law. As long as the two of them are good, it's better than anything else.
When it came time to talk about marriage, in order to support her son's marriage, Aunt Tang and her husband used their savings over the years to buy a house for her son in the city. They paid the down payment, and this house became their wedding room.
After buying the house, the monthly loan repayment will be 3,000. Aunt Tang and her son discussed that they would help repay 2,000 every month, and the son would contribute another 1,000. But the daughter-in-law wants to add her name to the marital home. If not, she is unwilling to repay the loan with her son after they get married.
But in the final analysis, Aunt Tang paid for the down payment of this house, and all her life savings and her wife's life savings over the years were put on it. If you want to marry a daughter-in-law, just add her name. Aunt Tang is still not very willing, so her daughter-in-law broke up with her because of this.
Later, when my daughter-in-law became pregnant, she was not in good health at that time, so she simply quit her job and stayed at home to take care of herself. When the child was born, she didn't ask Aunt Tang to go over to take care of her grandson. She just called her mother-in-law to come over.
Aunt Tang knows all this, but she doesn't care about her daughter-in-law. She cares about another thing. Before getting pregnant, my daughter-in-law quit her job, but she also stopped working after the baby was born. In the blink of an eye, it has been almost four months. My daughter-in-law has not yet gone out to find a job. The child is taken care of by her biological mother. She has nothing to do at home all day, and the pressure on her son is gradually increasing.
The monthly mortgage, car loan and food for the children cannot be supported by his son's salary alone, so he can only cry about poverty with Aunt Tang every month. Sometimes, when she sees that her son can't make ends meet, she will provide some support, but there is no reason to do this every month.
Moreover, in the past few years, my wife's health has been getting worse and worse, and I have spent a lot of money buying a house for my son. Now they live frugally, fearing that their wife will be unwell and need money urgently.
But the calls from his son came more and more frequently. Each time, he said that he was quarreling with his daughter-in-law at home every day. The daughter-in-law had not found a suitable job yet and asked Aunt Tang to help them. After hearing her son's pleading, Aunt Tang agreed to lend them money for emergency purposes.
That day, my son came back specially to visit Aunt Tang. When it was time to leave, Aunt Tang took her bank card and prepared to withdraw money from an ATM machine. As a result, there was a problem with the machine. Aunt Tang failed to take it out after several attempts. Her son was in a hurry to return to the city, so Aunt Tang told her son the password and asked him to take the card.
What Aunt Tang didn’t expect was that once the card was taken away, it would last for two years. That card is Aunt Tang's salary card, which contains 40,000 yuan, and the monthly pension will also be transferred to that card. Aunt Tang initially negotiated with her son to borrow 40,000 yuan, but she didn't expect her daughter-in-law to keep the card on her own initiative.
At first, Aunt Tang thought that since there was nothing to do with the money, she could leave the card with her son, so she left it there for two years. When Aunt Tang wanted to change her home and asked for the card from her son, her son refused to give it.
Later I found out that the card was not in his hands at all. From the beginning, the card had been kept by his daughter-in-law...
Moreover, his son also helped his daughter-in-law lie to Aunt Tang, saying that her daughter-in-law had already found a job and started working. In fact, my daughter-in-law hasn't gone to work in the past two years, so she lives on Aunt Tang's pension. Moreover, as soon as the money in the card arrives every month, it will be transferred by my daughter-in-law and used completely.
This made Aunt Tang angry. She called her son to ask for the card to be returned, but her son always pushed back and refused to answer her call. In the end, Aunt Tang was forced to go to the bank and ask the staff to directly cancel the card and re-apply, and then she got a new card.
After finishing all this, Aunt Tang stopped caring about her son and daughter-in-law. As a result, her son called him himself within a few days. It turned out that that day was the day when the pension was due. My daughter-in-law took the card to swipe it, but there was no response, so she asked her son to call and ask.
When Aunt Tang found out, she said directly: "I've applied for a new card, and I won't give you any more money in the future. Tell your daughter-in-law to find a job quickly and stop thinking about getting old!" After saying that, she ignored her son's call on the other end of the phone and hung up the phone.
Later, the son called Aunt Tang every day to say that his daughter-in-law had quarreled with him and that he was living a very hard life. Later he said that if he couldn't get the card back, his daughter-in-law would divorce him! Seeing that these Aunt Tangs were not soft-hearted, they finally moved out with their grandson as an excuse.
But Aunt Tang was determined to cure his wife. So when I called my son later, I said in a cold voice: "Son, you have to figure it out yourself. Your house and car were bought for you by our husband and wife's savings over the years. Now your wife has to use my pension every month, and all the money in my savings has been spent by you. Did you think about us for a while when you spent it?" When the son opposite Aunt Tang heard what Aunt Tang said, he quickly explained that he did not mean it, and that he would definitely try his best to return the money to Aunt Tang in the future. In the end, he started crying on the phone as he talked, and still begged Aunt Tang to give him the card. The wife he finally married was really reluctant to divorce.
Aunt Tang doesn't want to talk to her son anymore this time.
Her daughter-in-law is now in her thirties, so she can't still be expected to live a good life. It's also her fault for spoiling her son. In recent years, her son and daughter-in-law have less and less time to visit her.
always comes and goes in a hurry, and usually doesn't show any signs during the holidays. Now that she is older, she sees that her son cannot be counted on at all, and the money must be firmly in her hands.
As for whether they were quarreling or getting divorced, Aunt Tang didn't want to worry about it anymore. These are their young people's own affairs. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. She has tried her best to help over the years as much as she can.
Now that people are old, they can take good care of themselves and their wife's health and not cause trouble for their sons. They are already parents and can do the best for their children!