Do you know what a domestic war is? I’ve experienced it myself. I’ll tell you all about it.
Right after we got married, we started living with my in-laws. My daughter was born in their apartment, too. We never had any problems. We shared the groceries, the utilities, we celebrated all the holidays together. We have our own rules, duties – the household is set up.
A year ago my mother-in-law retired. When she retired, she started to deteriorate. I had always tried to be sympathetic to her, but clearly problems began. She developed a tendency to save money on everything she could. If at first it was only about her, then it spread to us.
For example, a relative forbade me to throw away a used match if it had not burned out to the end. After all, it could be lit again! Yes, and dishes are now washed in the American style – soap dishes, then rinse in cold water under a small stream and that’s it. She makes me do it, too.
Before she goes to sleep, she pulls all the plugs out of the sockets. I read somewhere that they draw electricity, too. And yesterday she told me that each member of the family has 4 minutes to shower. If you bathe longer than that, it’s a waste. She’ll stand there banging on the door until you get out of the bathroom.
Not only that, she has stopped flushing the toilet after herself. These “outrages” didn’t satisfy me, to put it mildly. I tried to talk to her, and she told me:
– I think you can flush less often, and then the savings are considerable. If you have to go “pee”, why use the water?
I, of course, all understand, but such senile marasmus pisses me off. Apparently, it’s time to think about renting an apartment.
