Even before the wedding, the young couple had discussed buying their own apartment. Alice’s parents promised to give her money, paying for half of it, and Ben wanted to put the rest out of his savings and take out a loan. He thought he could pay it off in a couple of years without any problems, but he and his wife would have a common apartment, and in case of any trouble they would both have a claim to it, not one of them would take it all for himself. That was fair enough, and my son was willing to pay interest for the sake of it.
Of course it is silly to think about divorce before marriage, but nowadays anything can happen, and it is better to be fully prepared than to be left with nothing.
We supported our son in such a decision, the matchmakers at first too, and then suddenly a couple of weeks before the wedding they made a luxurious expensive gift to the newlyweds – they bought an apartment themselves. They had opportunities, so they made such a present. Only the problem is that they bought the apartment and it is registered in the name of their daughter, respectively, it is no longer a common property, but only daughter-in-law’s property. And at the same time matchmakers still require that my son “just paid for the repair work and bought furniture. With the cost of the apartment is not comparable, of course, but I do not see much use. Will he take out a loan now, spend it all, and then leave it all to his daughter-in-law? Such cunning matchmakers, I just can’t!
But my daughter-in-law is happy, and she is offended that my son is still not happy. Meanwhile, my mother-in-law insists that there will be no wedding without repairs, and I am afraid that everything will not go wrong, and the love affairs will not turn into a feud because of this apartment…
