**Diary Entry**
Lately, my daughter got divorced and moved back in with us, bringing her little one into our cramped flat.
Recently, my daughter separated from her husband and settled in with us alongside her baby. We live in a small apartment with my husband. I thought that while shes on maternity leave, she might stay with my mum for a bit. But thats impossible nowMum, at 68, has gone and remarried, moving her new husband in.
When she first called to say she was getting married, I thought it was a joke. Sixty-eight, for goodness sake! But no, it was true. Shed been on her own for yearsher first husband passed two decades ago. I was 35 when I moved out. Now, I live with my husband and kids in the city, visiting Mum a few times a month and on holidays.
Thankfully, Mums in good health and manages the housework herself. My husband and I help with the garden or chopping firewood when needed, but otherwise, shes independent.
And now shes gone and brought a man into her home. It feels like a betrayal! She had no right to do this to us. Her fiancé was an old flame from her youth, someone she reconnected with a few years back. In early July, they had a quiet registry office wedding, followed by a modest restaurant celebrationjust close family.
We didnt go. Honestly, I found it embarrassing. Why did she need this? She couldve carried on just fine without it. Im dead against the marriage and still cant accept it. Mum owns a large house, and now theyre both living there.
Her new husband has no assetsjust three children and a brood of grandchildren. Why would she do this? How could she treat us like this? Now that theyre legally married, he could stake a claim on our inheritance. Meanwhile, were stuck in this tiny flat.
My daughters divorce left her with no choice but to move back in. Now I help care for the little one. My son rents a place with his girlfriend. Id hoped my daughter could stay with Mum during maternity leave, but thats out of the question nowshes started a new life.
We barely spoke for weeks. Then my auntMums sistercalled from the countryside and scolded us. She said we were behaving poorly, that Mum deserves happiness too. We should be happy for her. Worrying about inheritance while shes still alive is unkind. But they dont understand my side.
What if, instead of inheriting Mums house, we end up with a strangeran elderly man and his struggling relatives, all expecting a share? Thats why I believe Im in the right here, and Mums the one whos wrong.
