There are all kinds of parents. There are parents who can pay for their children to go on vacation abroad. And there are parents who can only feed their children sausages and struggle to buy their child a new briefcase. What should such children do when they become adults? Should they try to do something good for their parents?
My name is Monica. I am 42 years old. My husband and I have two children. Both my husband and I are from small towns. After we got married, we lived together for three years and decided to go abroad. My husband and I chose Italy.
We did everything to move there and only there we had children already. At first my parents did not like the fact that my husband and I went to live in another country. They constantly demanded that my husband and I move back. But we didn’t.
It’s been 15 years. We got used to Italy, we like it here very much. Our children are also very happy here. We don’t live rich, but we’re not poor either. We have enough money for everything.
But lately my parents have been complaining to me that they are tired of living in their country. They constantly hint to me that they live very poor and therefore want to come and live with me. Naturally, they want to move at our expense, and they want to live with us too. That is, my husband and I will have to provide for them.
I’m just shocked at my parents: don’t they understand that we will not be able to provide for ourselves and for them? If my parents move in with us, we and our children will have to economize on everything. This is not the life I want for me or my children.
Why should I do that? Why should my children and my husband suffer? My parents have never helped me much. How can they expect me to give them a good old age? After all, they have never spoiled me, and they don’t even buy me a cake and a birthday present every year.
What do you think: am I right?
