**Seven Years Under the Mother-in-Law’s Roof: Why My Sister Thinks the World Owes Her**
My younger sister is called Emily. For as long as I can remember, she’s always played the victim. Nothing’s ever right for her—life’s too hard, everyone’s at fault except her. She’s never been one to solve problems; she’d rather wait for someone else to drop everything and fix things for her. To put it mildly, she’s lived her whole life with the mentality that the world owes her.
Right after graduation, Emily got married. And I won’t say she was unlucky—quite the opposite. She landed an opportunity many would envy. Her mother-in-law, Margaret Whitmore, turned out to be a kind-hearted, sensible woman. She owned a small flat inherited from a distant aunt. Instead of renting it out as she’d planned, she let the newlyweds live there rent-free. She stayed in her own modest two-bedroom house on the outskirts of town, all so the couple could save up for their own place. But alas, such generosity often goes unappreciated.
Emily wasn’t exactly the industrious sort. She was content spending her days sprawled on the sofa with telly, coffee, and social media. Get a job after uni? Why bother when you could have a baby and go on maternity leave? And that’s exactly what happened—within a year, she was pushing a pram, and soon after, her husband filed for divorce and vanished. Left alone, who took her in? Of course—Margaret.
Margaret showed kindness once more, letting Emily stay in the flat until she got back on her feet. To Margaret, that meant finding a job, saving for a deposit, and slowly standing on her own two feet. But Emily had a different definition: to relax until someone forced her out.
Her mother-in-law helped however she could—looking after the grandchild, buying toys, even helping with groceries. Meanwhile, Emily splur### 2021-03-05
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