Having an in-law who helps around the house isn’t always a bad thing. As long as there’s respect between you, it could be great. It can even lead to friendship.
“Since my MIL retired, she has been helping us around the house. My husband thought it would be good for her to stay active and be close to the family. So we decided to let her come over every Sunday. At first, I was grateful for all the help. But I quickly realized that something wasn’t right.
Whenever she came over, it took me forever to find anything because she was rearranging my things. At first, it started off small. The salt and pepper shakers weren’t where I left them. It was nothing serious so I let it go. But the next time she came, the whole spice cabinet was rearranged.
I brought it up with my husband, but we didn’t want to cause a fuss so we kept quiet. Then she moved around the entire kitchen. This time I couldn’t keep quiet. I sat her down and politely asked her not to move things anymore.
The last straw came last weekend when she reorganized my bookshelf and threw away over thirty books. But these weren’t just any books. They were all first edition classics that I inherited from my mother when she passed away last year.
But it gets worse. This collection was started by my great-grandmother, and they were all signed by the original authors. The collection was priceless. When I got home and saw what she had done, my heart shattered.
I called my husband and told him about it so he confronted her and asked her where the books were. She showed him that they were in the dustbin with all kinds of food waste. Three of them had lasagna oozing through their pages.
My husband told her that she would never be welcome at our house again. She begged and pleaded, saying it was a simple misunderstanding, but I can’t forgive her for what she has done. I can never get those books fixed. She has thrown away my family’s legacy.
A few days later, we found out I was pregnant, and now my husband doesn’t know what to do. He wants his child to know their grandmother, but he also feels that she doesn’t deserve any sympathy after what she has done.
So Bright Side, should we let this go for the sake of our child? Or should we keep her out of our lives?”
