Masha has dreamed of going to Thailand all her conscious life. That means from the age of twenty-two, because before that life was completely unconscious, but a lot of fun.
At twenty-two she got married. Their wedding was an ordinary one, without any glamour – both her parents were not rich, they had just graduated from college. That’s when she fell in love with Thailand. Yes, just while doing her wedding manicure, listening to the story of manicurist about what a luxurious honeymoon she had in Thailand a year ago. The beaches were as in the picture, there was a lot of fruit, and a zoo with a giraffe, and what kind of shows they put on there – wow… On the way home the girl almost cried – she wanted to go to Thailand so much.
– Please, can we take a loan and go to Thailand?
– Baby, what are our years! – He put his huge arms around her and said, – I have already taken the loan. But not for the honeymoon, but for business. If I fail, you can divorce me and be done with it, and they won’t charge you anything.
– No way! – The girl got indignant. – I’ll divorce you, you can’t wait!… Are you sure there won’t be enough for Thailand?
– If I succeed, I’ll buy you such a trip in a few years! Even to Mars.
Her husband was golden. He worked hard, he didn’t drink, he didn’t take walks, and what a handsome man he was! A perfect husband, if it weren’t for one thing. My mother-in-law.
She was the most classic mother-in-law ever – a woman of a thousand why’s:
– Why is your floor so dirty?
– Why is your borscht so pale?
– Why is your closet a mess?
– Why is your baby naked on the floor?
Sometimes the girl was patient, sometimes she snapped, sometimes she just ran away from home as soon as “mom” came to visit. And she came all the time, practically lived with them. “But she helped me with the kids,” my husband justified himself.
That’s how they lived: the husband built his business, the wife brought up their two children, and the mother-in-law tirelessly supervised everything. Eventually the business really paid off, the mother-in-law volunteered to take care of the children, and the husband bought the long-awaited trip to Thailand. There was no limit to her happiness! She studied articles, asked her friends who had been there, promptly went on a diet.
A few days later her husband came home so guilty, that the wife immediately suspected something amiss.
– Zai, Zai, – he cautiously began. – Do you want us to buy you a car?
Her heart sank – if he bribes her with a car, all is lost.
Then out of the blue the mother-in-law rushed out of the kitchen and said:
– How is it not going? I’ve already ordered bathing suits. And myself, and your wife, and she is so fat in his black.
Wife almost fell into a chair and looked questioningly at her husband.
– I bought my mother a trip – he admitted. – She also wants to.
– Yes, of course I did, – she said. – How can you let go alone! He has such sensitive skin, it needs every two hours to rub sunscreen, and you’re not going to. You know, when we went to Sochi, he got so sunburned, I didn’t know what to do…
My wife didn’t listen any more. Her dream melted like an ice cream on a hot beach in Thailand. Her mother-in-law on vacation was the worst thing that could have happened to her.
Her best friend listened to her complaint, thought for a while, and said:
– There is one way. But it is risky. Up to divorce.
– I’m ready for anything.
– Then listen …
The plane took the woman and her wonderful husband to the land of her dreams. A blissful smile played on her face. The husband was frowning and dressed up, but the wife knew that when they arrived, he would call his mother, make sure everything was all right and calm down. Perhaps this witch would find her out and tell her son everything, then the main thing – to rebuff and not admit anything.
After talking with her friend, they went to the store and bought oily fish. They cooked it in the oven. They also bought two fish cakes. They carefully opened one and put a new filling in it.
– The main thing is not to mix it up,” her friend admonished her. – Which one to feed her mother-in-law, and which one to feed herself and her husband. Otherwise you’ll be sitting on the beach in diapers.
My mother-in-law didn’t like her mother-in-law’s cooking. But she liked pies, she was just lucky, and a pie she bought was better than any dish made by an inept cook, who feeds her sweet child with all kinds of poison. The pies were safely destroyed; Masha made sure that her mother-in-law got the right pieces. They flew in two days.
On the morning of the flight Mother-in-law called and said that she was not going to fly – she had to go to the doctor urgently. Here again, of course, the wife was lucky – her mother-in-law was very suspicious and was a frequent visitor to all possible hospitals and clinics. Masha could hardly contain her giggles, because she knew what kind of trouble her mother-in-law was in.
Her husband said:
– Okay, let’s fly without Mom. She said it was nothing, just some problems. Apparently, for a woman, since she did not tell me.
My wife almost jumped with excitement. But she had a little conscience. And she said:
– I’ll have to go to Thailand again in the spring. Or to Turkey. We have to take Mom somewhere.
He bloomed.
– What a kind wife I have.
They did go to Turkey. With the kids and the mother-in-law. Strangely enough, after that incident, the woman stopped resenting her mother-in-law. Every time she heard her “why,” she remembered the pie and forgave her everything.
