My daughter told me that she is very embarrassed in front of her in-laws because I do not help them in any way. In-laws all the time give them expensive gifts, and I do not. But she does not take into account the fact that the matchmakers have their own business, and I live on a pension.
My daughter I have a late child, I gave birth to her when I was already about forty-five. My husband and I had already lost all hope of ever becoming parents. Naturally, we spoiled our daughter as much as we could, since she was our long-awaited and only child. We did everything possible and impossible for daughter , she was our light in the window.
My husband and I each worked two jobs so that our daughter did not need anything. When my husband was fifty, his heart could not bear the strain and he passed away.
Our daughter was always a kind and obedient girl. She always helped me with my homework. Our girl always studied well, was never greedy, and even adolescence was peaceful. My daughter wanted to study translation, but she failed to enter the university and I could not pay for it, because of this she went to the teacher’s college.
When my daughter was in high school she didn’t get along with guys. Her classmates were mostly girls, and in the evenings she stayed at home. She met her future husband when she started working part-time as a sales clerk.
The guy looked after his daughter very nicely, but he also had money for it, because his father had his own small business. The daughter melted from such signs of attention. They had an impetuous affair, then they started living together, and soon they got married.
I was not at my daughter’s wedding, I had a hypertensive crisis at the time, and I was in the hospital. After the examination, the doctor said that I had a very bad cardiogram, and therefore I needed treatment. My daughter visited me all the time and was worried that I would not be able to go to their wedding.
After discharge, I was forced to quit all my jobs, but I am alone and my pension is enough. After all, when you’re almost seventy exquisite outfits have nothing to do. It is clear that I had nothing to help my daughter, but I did not need her help. However, the young money is never redundant.
In contrast to me, the matchmakers pampered their children with expensive gifts all the time. They gave their son a house for his wedding, now they help them do repairs there, they give them money for foreign trips all the time. I also try to make gifts for all the holidays for the kids as much as possible. I understand that I am not up to the matchmaker gifts, but it makes no sense for me to chase them, because I won’t catch up anyway.
When my daughter’s spouse decided to build a house, his parents gave him money, and I had nothing to give the children. I had even earlier set aside forty thousand for a rainy day, but this is not money for my daughter and son-in-law. When my daughter started asking for help, I told her that I was very limited in funds.
– How tired of it all! – said my daughter. – In-laws gave us a house, gave us money for a trip, now they are helping to build a house. But you are no help at all. Sometimes I feel like an orphan! I even began to feel awkward in front of my husband’s parents because of you.
– Daughter, the matchmakers have their own business, and besides they are much younger than me, they still have strength, and I live from a penny. Do you want to take the money that I was saving to die, so you don’t spend it.
Then my daughter became even more angry and said that she did not need my pennies. Two weeks have passed since that day, and she hasn’t called me once, nor has she returned my calls. I had already begun to think about getting a job, but who would hire me at seventy. I do not know when my daughter had time to turn into a mercenary person, who has everything measured by the amount of money.
My daughter could not pass the test of a lot of money, or maybe her parents-in-law set her up that way. Whatever the case may be, I want to howl like a wolf because my daughter does not need me without money!
