My younger sister got pregnant and her mother-in-law kept buying rotten fruit, so she was so angry she ran back to her parents' home, and I made her mother-in-law see reason
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My younger sister got pregnant and her mother-in-law kept buying rotten fruit. She was so angry she ran back to her parents' home. After I spoke, she came to her senses.
The issue of getting along between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been a difficult problem in every family. Getting along with each other is really not easy, and it requires more understanding and communication. Recently my younger sister, who has been pregnant several times, also ran into this problem. Crying, she ran home saying her mother-in-law always bought rotten fruit for her to eat, without any consideration for the fact that she was still pregnant.
Our mother died young, and our father raised my younger sister and me on his own. Dad spent all his time on work and taking care of the two of us, but after all he was still a big man, so there were inevitably things he could not attend to. I am several years older than my younger sister, so I took on the role of a mother and looked after her life. But after all, I was not really her mother, just her older sister, so it was inevitable that I sometimes spoiled her without principles. For this reason too, her personality became a bit spoiled and headstrong.
Later she got married. My brother-in-law is an honest man, and his mother is also a gentle-natured person, very easy to get along with. Seeing these conditions, I secretly let out a sigh of relief. Although the other family's circumstances were not very good, food and clothing were not a problem. Both of them were mild-tempered and could be more tolerant of my younger sister's little temper. I never expected my younger sister to suddenly run back saying her mother-in-law treated her badly and was harsh to her. I asked her what exactly was going on. My younger sister told me that since getting pregnant, she had become especially fond of eating all kinds of fruit. At first, her mother-in-law bought her good fruit, but after buying it many times, she found the fruit became less and less fresh. She must have been complaining that she spent too much money, so she bought this kind of fruit to fob her off.
After hearing my younger sister's words, I suddenly understood. After patiently listening to her, I asked her whether she and her husband gave her mother-in-law living expenses. Hearing my words, my younger sister was stunned; clearly she had never thought about the issue of giving living expenses. She stammered that she had no such concept, that she should give her mother-in-law living expenses, and after saying that she lowered her head in embarrassment. I told her that when she got married, our family did not spend a single cent, and it was all given by her mother-in-law, almost draining her savings. Now, apart from occasionally selling some vegetables, she has no other income. On top of that, after you married for so long, the whole family has to eat, and she takes care of your food, clothing, housing and transportation. The living expenses all fall on her, so how could she still have money? But she definitely would not reach out on her own to ask you for money either. Also, ever since my younger sister got pregnant, she has been carefully looking after her all along, not letting her do anything for fear she would get tired.
After hearing what I said, my younger sister felt somewhat ashamed and said she knew she was wrong and would go back by herself in a little while. For a long time my younger sister had taken her mother-in-law's efforts for granted and had not seen how hard she worked. My younger sister said that from now on she would take the initiative to give her mother-in-law some living expenses every month, and wherever she could lend her mother-in-law a hand at home, she would not just watch her mother-in-law busy herself. She would no longer get angry and misunderstand her.