The man was 35 when he decided to get married: it was his second serious relationship – the guy always picked on all the small flaws in his girlfriends. Around that time, his mother found out that the girl came from a large family and was the eldest child. The future mother-in-law immediately shared her anxiety with her son. He was an only child. He did not grow up impudent, spoiled and narcissistic, as often happens in families with an only child. The woman and her late husband were always proud of their son’s achievements. The boy both at school and at university won various prizes at competitions, took an active part in student life. He was an exemplary son, friend, student. She lived with 3 sisters and one brother, the youngest went to school.
The girl always helped her mother and took care of the children. The mother did not dissuade her son from his decision to marry. Though she was afraid, she thought that at the age of hay it would be ridiculous to listen to her mother and not to her own heart. They got married anyway. They dreamed of living in their own apartment, but at first there was no such possibility. They decided to live with her husband’s mother until they saved money for their own place. At first, everything was fine. The woman thought she was wrong, but then her fears were confirmed. At first, the girl began to leave the house often: she went to her sisters to do homework, help around the house and so on. For several years, the girl’s father had been doing one favorite thing – protecting the sofa.
He always said that he was looking for a job, but in fact he did not even try to find it. All the responsibility lay on the shoulders of the mother and the girl, seeing that her mother was having a terrible time, began to take care of her younger sisters and brothers, sometimes doing housework. The husband understood all this, but once the wife started to leave almost every day and spend most of her day in the parental house. One day the man could not stand it any longer and told the woman everything he thought about it: “I married you, not your whole family. Why doesn’t your father find a job? He should take care of his heirs himself.
Then the woman began to talk about how difficult it is for her father to find a job now, when all the necessary places in their city are occupied, and his father cannot work in other areas. – Your mother is looking for a third job, your father can’t find one job? Then the couple had a serious quarrel. The man understood everything – he knew that his wife could not choose him, completely abandoning the family. But he did not want to sit all day waiting for his wife to return from her parents’ house, having done all the work there. They still live with this mindset, but recently the man started actively looking for a job for his father-in-law.
