Our Anna had a strong and demanding personality. She always got what she wanted in school and at university, even if she had to go over her head to get it. Neither my husband nor I are like that. We would rather give up and give in than fight. I’m sure Anna knows that and that’s why she does it to us.
When he and his son-in-law came up with the idea to rebuild our dacha, we did not talk them out of it. Anna
said: “It’s not just for us, but for you as well.” With this attitude, she begged us for money for a new fence, for paint and other building materials. My husband was originally so set in mind, believing that our wooden house is not going to make something sensible, but Anna has tried, and my son-in-law had his hands in the right place, so the result exceeded all expectations. But it still does not cancel the fact that it was not cheap for us and took more than two years.
As a result, Anna and her husband go there more often, because I have a hard one to go there, and my husband also works at the university and therefore he rarely has enough time to go together to the cottage.
But that’s half the problem. Recently Anna came with a new request – she and her husband are thinking about having a baby, and they are very concerned about not having an extra bedroom for the baby. I didn’t understand the innuendo at first, but Anna made it clear – my father and I have to swap apartments with them. We’ll give them our two-room apartment without any repairs, and they’ll give us a one-room apartment.
– We’ll fix up your apartment, you’ll see. And we’ll make a nice nursery. Your grandson or granddaughter will love it!
We’re still in the discussion stage, but I don’t think there’s anything to discuss. They have a place to live, the dacha is almost for them alone, so why should we give up our apartment? We are used to living in this area, we know everything here, it is convenient for my husband to get to the university, and we have to sacrifice all this for the convenience of the children? There are no grandchildren yet, there’s no reason to think about moving.
Besides, Anna doesn’t ask, she literally puts us in front of the fact that we have to accept her terms and that’s it.
