After getting married, I gave the house right away, but the mother-in-law’s actions made me feel even more

05/05/2022 11:06 GMT+7

I have known my husband since college, he is also my first love. At that time, he was very eager to study and worked hard, outside of class time, he worked part-time to earn money. While many other boys are playful or dependent on their parents’ allowance, his self-control in life makes me admire.

After 7 years of love, when we both settled in, we decided to get married.

My husband’s family is in the countryside, in addition to selling groceries, they also trade in building materials, but because of the large number of children, the rural life is hard, so the economy is normal.

However, what I find most satisfying is that when I go to my brother’s house, I have a real warm feeling, all family members care about each other, even just having a meal is laughing and talking.

My family is the opposite, my parents in the city are business people, so they go early to late at night, sometimes even a month without eating together. There are only two sisters in the house, so we tell each other to eat, drink and study for peace of mind. My family is well off, but my husband never thought of relying on his wife’s house, so my parents liked him even more.

Psychological mother-in-law makes me very comfortable.

After we got married, we rented a small apartment temporarily, waited for 1 or 2 years to accumulate more, then bought our own house and had children.

Seeing that we love each other and have the will to strive, my parents said last month that they would give us a house in the city center that they are renting.

My dad said he told the tenants, in a week they will move out and return the house for us to move in. But my husband refused.

My parents understand that my husband always has guilt when his family’s situation is not as good as mine, and then they are afraid of the objection that he asked his wife’s house. Therefore, to make my son-in-law comfortable, my parents told me to transfer the name of the house to both of us, not just me.

My husband finally agreed to accept the house. On the day of our new home, we invited the parents-in-law to come over and tell us about the house, by the way, we kept our grandparents to stay for a few days to rest.

However, that day when my biological parents returned, my mother-in-law called me into my room and gave me a bag of money.

I was still wondering why my parents-in-law in the countryside had so much money, so my mother-in-law told me to take this amount of more than a billion dollars and give it to my grandparents, as if my parents-in-law contributed.

She explained that this is savings as well as retirement money, but grandparents are still healthy and can still work, so they want to help their children first.

When I heard my mother-in-law say that I was moved and could not hold back tears, my grandparents had saved all their lives to spend this money, but now they give it all to me.

I hugged my mother-in-law and told her to take the money to retire later, I couldn’t accept this money, but she definitely refused.

Seeing that my mother-in-law was so tense, my husband told me to keep her happy, later my wife and I will be responsible for our parents.

Yesterday, I told my husband that in a few years, when our grandparents get old and weak, we will sell this house and buy another larger one to welcome them back to live with us so that we can take care of them.

My mother-in-law’s actions really made me think. Until now, I understand more deeply that parents always give the best for their children. Therefore, I also told myself that in the future, I must treat my parents well.

Readers Nguyen Ha