In charge of taking care of my sister-in-law in confinement, I slept late at night and did not hear the call, and then had a heart attack

Mar 26, 2022 07:34 GMT+7

My husband’s brother just got married last year. The husband’s house is spacious, so we and his wife still live with the mother-in-law.

My sister-in-law just gave birth, now in confinement. Her mother-in-law is old and can’t stay up at night. I didn’t have children, so I didn’t have any problems, so before my sister-in-law was born, my mother-in-law told me to take care of her while in confinement.

Actually, this time I am very busy but still agree with the request of the mother-in-law. Sisters help each other in difficult times, after all, they are one family.

During the few days my sister-in-law was at the hospital, I was on duty all night, and still had to go to work in the morning. She’s been home for two days now, I’m so tired I want to be exhausted. I stayed awake for several nights in a row, slept for a few hours a day, and my mother-in-law did not help me.

Last night I was too tired to sleep very soundly, my sister-in-law called but I didn’t hear it despite the loud ringing, my husband was on a business trip. Every night I wake up five times seven times, my sister-in-law needs to call again to tell me to come over.

I was startled awake by the sound of banging on the door. My sister-in-law called me but couldn’t call her mother-in-law, so she ran to knock on the door. As soon as she saw me, her mother-in-law let out a sentence that was heartbreaking enough: “Had not given birth, still selfish, sisters in the family don’t want to help each other. Or are you jealous?”.

It turned out that my sister-in-law woke up to breastfeed, felt hungry, so she called and told me to warm up the porridge and bring it in. After I returned to my room, I couldn’t sleep the whole night.

My husband and I have been married for 5 years and still have no children despite all kinds of treatment. When I went to the doctor, it was because of me, since then my mother-in-law began to have prejudice against her daughter-in-law.

Unable to bear children for her husband, unable to be a mother, I am the saddest person ever. But do I deserve this treatment, people? Should I divorce to free my husband, but also to free myself from this humiliating life? Thinking about it, I don’t know how much longer I can stand it.

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