My mother-in-law probably dreams of my husband giving her his entire salary and her giving us all as much as she sees fit for pocket money.
Now my mother-in-law is angry because my husband put all the money on the card when he came home from his shift work. She was counting on him to bring cash. Of course, we help her financially, but not in the way she expects. My mother-in-law expected her husband to give all of our savings to her for the surgery, even though she herself can’t even prove the need for the intervention.
Today she called my husband with a grudge and announced a whole list of grievances. They say he came, but the money he brought very little, the funds are catastrophically insufficient. So that money is not scarce, my husband has to give her his entire salary, as I understand it.
Her behavior, though impudent, but it is easy to explain. The fact is that before our marriage, my husband fully provided for his mother. He also worked on a rotational basis and brought in a large sum of money. My mother-in-law bought whatever she wanted, she didn’t deny herself anything. Also, she helped her sister-in-law. They were used to my husband supporting them both. And now that her son has his own family, their financial situation has become quite unenviable. They don’t have enough money for anything.
Now we have to listen to my mother-in-law complain all the time. She complains that her pension is not enough. She used to live very well. With the money my husband gave her, my mother-in-law bought a dacha in a great place. The dacha is worth as much as the price of a one-room apartment. More than once she bragged about her frugality and money management skills. Of course, it’s easy to manage other people’s money. My husband “worked” hard. He could have bought his own apartment if money had not fallen into his mother’s hands.
However, she knows how to beg for money. She is constantly complaining that she is poor and thinks that we are unacceptably lavish. She is displeased if we buy some things and says that we do not know how to manage money.
Even if we buy clothes for the baby, I can already see the dissatisfaction on her face. Like, why a little kid needs so many things? And we just buy them for the reason that our baby grows out of the old clothes.
My mother-in-law complains to my husband that he does not allocate enough money for her. I think she can’t sleep well knowing that he gives more money to his wife and child than he does to her and her sister-in-law.
