Mother-in-law, the house my mom left me after she passed away is not yours to give to your daughter.

Mother-in-law, even though my mom has passed away, the house she left me is not yours to give to your daughter.

My family life is happy and fulfilling, and my husband dotes on me, so I no longer ask for much else. But the age-old problem - the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship - still has not been properly resolved, and I am very troubled by this too.

I have been married into this family for 2 years now, and my relationship with my in-laws is still not very good. My own family background is a bit poorer, so I am often looked down on. Fortunately, my husband always stands by my side, and afraid that I would be unhappy, he suggested that we move out to live on our own. Unexpectedly, after we moved out, it caused my sister-in-law's displeasure! She told my mother-in-law that I was being dramatic and that I even disliked her as an old woman. I felt very wronged. Later, I asked my husband why my sister-in-law was so biased against me, and only then did he honestly explain. The reason turned out to be that back then, my sister-in-law introduced her best friend to my husband, but he refused and chose to be with me. So her emotions naturally shifted onto me. Thinking about it, it is not a big deal. What happened has already happened, and besides, I found such a good husband. But what happened next made it impossible for me to endure.

This year on Qingming Festival, my husband drove me home to visit the graves. It had already been one year since my mother left me. Looking at the huge house, my heart was filled with mixed feelings. After finishing the grave visit with my family, we hurried back to my husband's side of the family, otherwise my mother-in-law would have complaints again. After we got home, the meal had just been prepared. While eating, my mother-in-law suddenly asked me, "Xiaoli, who is living in your house now?" I was puzzled. Usually she turned a blind eye to my matters and wished them away. I told my mother-in-law that it was empty now. I did not expect my mother-in-law to say, "Oh, then since no one is living there, just sell it. It is such a waste to leave it empty. It would be just right as a dowry for your sister-in-law." My husband kept his head down eating. My sister-in-law looked like she was about to start singing a little tune beside us.

For a moment I could not even react. This was the only thing my family had left me, yet in my mother-in-law's mouth it sounded so easy. I refused her in a firm tone. This is my most precious thing; it is more than just a house. I looked at my husband with pleading eyes, and of course he spoke up for me. In the end, things became very unpleasant, and we went straight home that night. The whole way, my mother-in-law kept calling my husband. It was hard for him to hang up, so he answered the phone. Then came all kinds of dissatisfied voices about me, saying that I was immature and unfilial, that I had already married into this family and still did not consider this family, and that I was extremely selfish. After hearing it, it felt as if a stone was pressing on my heart. I shouted into the phone in dissatisfaction, "Mother-in-law, even though my mom has passed away, the house she left me is not yours to give to your daughter!"

At night I could not sleep at all, tossing and turning, constantly thinking about what happened during the day. As for how my mother-in-law usually looked down on me, I could let it go, but now she actually wanted to take away my most precious thing. No matter what, I will not sell this house. Besides, what gives my mother-in-law the right to have such a self-righteous attitude now? Thinking about it now, could it be that my constant yielding made my mother-in-law think I was easy to bully?

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