My wife’s brother filed for divorce, and my mom blames me for not giving them her apartment Last year, my mom sold my grandmother’s two-bedroom apartment.
She split the money between my brother and me. My husband and I took out a home loan and my brother and his wife decided to save up for a new place to live. My husband and I made every effort to pay off the loan as quickly as possible. It was clear to us that when we have children, then we will think about a larger apartment. And we were going to rent out ours.
Everything turned out quite well. Now we live in our own house with two bedrooms, and we rent out our one-bedroom apartment. My brother didn’t get a place to live. He and his wife bought expensive smartphones, went to the seaside, and didn’t think about tomorrow. They went out, drank, relaxed, and when they ran out of money, they were left without a roof over their heads. They rented a room, both got jobs. Then my brother got fired and my wife got pregnant. The brother found another job, but the pay was low. Money was scarce and my brother could not rent a place to live and could not support his pregnant wife. So they moved in with my mother.
Mom has a spacious apartment. Mom wasn’t thrilled, but she couldn’t say no. They lived under the same roof for almost six months. Mom and her fiancée didn’t get along, so eventually my brother and his wife moved in with my wife’s parents. But they didn’t stay there for long either: now my brother wasn’t getting along with his mother-in-law. Then my brother found a way out. He remembered that I had an apartment and decided that I should let him and his wife live there. My mother supported my brother’s idea. She said I should help, since he was my own brother. I said no.
A few weeks later my mother called me and informed me in a cold tone that my brother and his wife were divorced. Now my brother and my mother have no contact with me. They make me feel guilty. In reality, my brother and his wife are brainless people who didn’t think about tomorrow.
