Monica was glowing with happiness as she told her friends and her mother at the dinner party that they were having a second child. The girls immediately supported her, but her mother seemed offended. Her mood soured, her appetite vanished at once. To her daughter she could not say anything in particular, but at the end of the evening she said to her son-in-law, who came to take his wife home.
– You said you wanted one child, – in her voice now and then slipped hysterical notes, – why the second? It seems to you now that you have enough money for everything, but you remember how hard it was at first with all those diapers, caring for my daughter, and doctors. Eva is only three years old, and there’s a little brother or sister! The baby is used to getting a lot of love, and you are now limiting it because of the second child. Do you think of anyone but yourself?
It was impossible to calm her down.
– You’re the man, it’s okay for you, but how will Monica have her second baby?
– She wants it, I’m not forcing her…
– Aha! So you don’t want a second one yourself!
– Why are you twisting my words? – The husband was surprised. – We do not ask for your help. And we won’t, don’t worry. We have enough for everything, we’ve been saving since the first month and will continue to do so. And no one will love Eva any less. And your daughter will pay attention to you, she won’t forget because of the children.
That’s probably why your mother-in-law was angry. With the advent of her granddaughter, it became harder to get away with her daughter, and after she got married she moved out and almost never comes to visit. Mom is afraid that her daughter will completely forget about her. She had her own family, her own worries, and not much time for her parents. And the money issue could not help but worry the woman. After the birth of the first child they had to cut the budget, less money was given to her mother-in-law for her pension, it seemed to have just returned to a decent amount, and then there was the news. Anyone in her place would have been upset. But she couldn’t change the children’s minds – she would have to meet her second grandchild soon.
