Before I agreed to take my grandchildren away for the weekend, my son-in-law really got on my nerves. As usual, he and his daughter suddenly decided to go somewhere, take a break from family life, and take the two grandchildren with him. Often I don’t mind at all, but I don’t like things to be spontaneous. I need stability, certainty, and to be warned about everything in advance. What if I have plans, too? And elementary for the grandchildren need time to change the linens, go out for groceries, cook something, and my son-in-law showed up at night, abandoned the grandchildren with the words: “They’re here with the overnight stay until Sunday.
I did not agree to this, because there was nothing even for dinner, and I told my son-in-law to bring them tomorrow or take me to the store, to which he said that he did not have time. Well, if he has no time, then I may not have time to sit with his children …
We quarreled on this ground, and he sat with his sons in the living room for a while while I drank valium, coming to my senses. After that he left and I went to the store with my grandchildren.
The first night went beautifully, quietly, my brothers hardly fought, they obeyed me. In the afternoon they were already grumpy, didn’t want to eat soup, and I hardly put them to bed and dozed off watching TV myself. My youngest woke me up and brought his artwork. And not on a scrapbook.
– Where did you get it? – I asked in horror, taking away the crumpled and scribbled paper bills.
– In the box in the closet,” the child boasted.
He and his brother had managed to transfer, paint, and tear up a lot of my money. I used to save every month from my pension there, and they, those little devils, went and did such a mess!
My daughter just shook her head and promised to exchange the bills in the bank, and my son-in-law smiled smugly, teaching me that money should not be hidden in the closet. Except how did he know it was in the closet? He hardly had time to talk to the kids and find out right away when he came to me, and I never told him myself, because it was a hiding place.
I think my son-in-law found my money or saw something and purposely encouraged the children to tamper with the money. In revenge for that fight.
