“We genuinely believed you were assisting us out of the goodness of your heart when we entrusted you with the dogs, not as a way for you to make quick money. We are family, and we are hurt you would do something like this while [my wife] was so ill.”
The Response of the MIL
The mother-in-law replied as soon as she saw her husband’s letter, saying that her acts had been motivated by kindness and that she couldn’t understand why they weren’t grateful. Additionally, the woman received texts from her extended family highlighting the MIL’s support as a loving gift and applauding her efforts despite her elderly age. The volume of texts was so overwhelming that OP turned off her phone in an attempt to escape the circumstance.
Despite her goal to prepare the house for the baby, her mother-in-law was falsely portrayed as the villain and her husband was accused of manipulating the situation. Meanwhile, her husband continued to get criticism from their family. The woman was highly offended by the whole thing and disagreed with her husband’s offer. To diffuse the criticism from the extended family and free them up to concentrate on their new responsibilities as parents, he suggested compensating his mother. But the woman was adamantly against paying his mother for what she had done.
In the middle of all of this, the mother-in-law texted the couple again, saying she would be happy to give them the cleaning supplies as a gift, therefore taking that cost off of their bill. She made this gift, but she refused to accept payment for her labor, claiming that the cleaning process involved “a biohazard.” The woman was split between her ideals and her family’s harmony, between her husband’s wish for peace and her unwillingness to give in. “AITA, why won’t you pay my mom?” she questioned. How do you feel about this narrative? Scroll Down for More Stories
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