My son got a dodgy gal who spins him around as she pleases. Lately she has started turning him against me. She tells him that I don’t care about their happiness, because I only think about myself. She drew such conclusions because I refused to swap apartments with them.
My spouse left this life several years ago, my son is my only child. We raised him in love and care, gave him a good education. Before marriage my son lived with us. He started working while he was still in college, and when he got his degree, he was immediately given a good position in the firm.
My son is my pride. He’s a great guy and has had a good climb up the career ladder. My husband and I weren’t able to buy our son an apartment, because we always lived modestly. We bought an apartment for ourselves after we were forty, but before that we were living in other people’s homes, so we didn’t have the strength to buy a second home. After all, my son can earn his own apartment. My husband and I did it!
After Mark told me that he had started dating a girl, I was really happy, because he needed to think about his family for a long time. I tried my best to have a good relationship with my daughter-in-law: I never admonished or admonished her. I didn’t care who my daughter-in-law would be, the main thing for me was that my son would be happy with this girl. At first I really liked Sandra, she was very polite and modest. But it was only after the wedding that my daughter-in-law showed her true face.
Mark and Sandra went on a honeymoon after the wedding, and when they came back, the daughter-in-law quit her job. She said that the bosses were always picking on her at work and she wanted to find a better job. But it did not go any further than that. The daughter-in-law has been sitting on her son’s neck for two years now, and she is not going to go to work.
The son and daughter-in-law began to live in her one-room apartment. The neighbors there are very squabbling, and the apartment itself is actually on the outskirts of town. Because the daughter-in-law sits at home, the son can’t afford to buy a new place to live, since Sandra spends all the money on beauty salons.
I can’t even imagine how she can’t find a job in two years. It seems to me that she is lying about going to interviews. Most likely, she likes to sit on her husband’s neck and live for her own pleasure.
I asked her once if they were planning on having a baby, because Sandra would be at home doing nothing anyway, and she’d be taking care of the baby if she wasn’t.
– What kind of children can we talk about if we live in such a small space? – my sister-in-law answered me.
– And you would quietly save for a mortgage payment, – I said.
– We have nothing to save, we’re barely making ends meet as it is,” Sandra replied.
I then scarce restrained myself from telling her that if she had not sat at home, then long ago we could have saved something. If they were trying to save for an apartment, of course I would help them, since I have already put aside a decent amount. But I do not want to give them money now, as I know that my daughter-in-law will spend it all.
And recently, my daughter-in-law started talking about the baby, she started complaining that time is running out and it’s time to think about an heir, but is it possible to raise a child in such conditions? Sandra’s son began to agree with Sandra.
– Mammy, you know what Sandra and I are thinking, maybe you’ll agree to swap places with us. We’re not going to draw up anything legally, we’ll just swap and that’s it. We won’t have to worry about mortgages, and our one-bedroom will be enough for you.
What my son said killed me. He couldn’t have thought of such a thing himself. I then told them that I would be far away from their house to work, and their neighbors and the enemy would not wish.
– You only have a couple of years left to work, and we’ll give you grandchildren. – my daughter-in-law told me with a smile.
I turned down their “advantageous offer” because I didn’t like it at all. I don’t want to leave my house.
After that, my son tried several more times to bring up the subject, his talk offending me even more. My son has never tried to get out at anyone’s expense, and now his wife is pushing him to do it.
– Come on, let’s get ready to go home. I told you your mother doesn’t care whether we have children or not. She wouldn’t lift a finger for us! – my daughter-in-law told my son the last time they came to see me.
After that, my son does not communicate with me anymore, he does not answer my calls, and he does not call me back either. I do not understand why my son behaves this way, he is not stupid, but when my wife is around, he is a fool.
