From day one, Helena had not found common ground with her mother-in-law, Samantha.
After marriage, she had no idea that she had found not only a spouse, but also an enemy in the person of her “second mother. They were very different species, but at the same time in their own way loved Zhenya. Only this did not bring them closer. On the contrary, each thought that she was the main woman in his life.
In any case, when they were in society, they did not show their enmity in any way. And it was hard to imagine that now between them “cold war”.
True, as such there were no clashes between them, but nevertheless, neither of them let out the opportunity to poke the other. For example, when Helena and her husband were on a visit to his mother, she always tried to show with all her appearance that she was extremely bored there, and the treats she
such tastes.
The second, in turn, when she was visiting her son, always tried to clean up the house, as if to show her disrespect to her rival. It manifested itself in such little things, for example: Helena liked to keep all the appliances with the doors slightly ajar, thinking that it prevented the appearance of bad smells in the microwave, washing machine and other household appliances.
Samantha, on the other hand, tried to close them all when she came to visit, because they were all closed in her house. That is how they continued to silently swear, walking as if they were shadows behind each other.
Toward the end of her pregnancy, Helena was put in the maternity hospital to be preserved. A month later, when she returned, she was surprised to not recognize her apartment. Everything was different now: the furniture had been partially rearranged, other cutlery and kitchen utensils had been replaced, and even the things in the closets, were now out of place.
“What happened?” – in a barely audible whisper, she asked her husband.
To which, with a little hesitation, he replied:
-While you were away, Mother decided to stay with us for a while. When she arrived she tidied up a bit.
– How long is she staying? – Helena asked with considerable concern.
-She even rented her apartment to help us somehow, – her husband answered, – so, my love, we will live together now, as one big friendly family.
For a minute, imagining that she would now have to live with Samantha under one roof, Helena threw her husband another tantrum in despair.
Accordingly, from the maternity leave, she went much earlier than expected. After earning more than she had before, her mother-in-law agreed to return to live in her apartment. It seemed to her that on a small salary they could not get by together, which actually motivated her to go to such extreme measures. Now they had the opportunity to hire a governess.
And now, every evening, coming home, falling down from exhaustion, Helena still felt very happy – of course, because she had managed to win the war with her mother-in-law.
