-Did you pick tomatoes? And the peppers?
-Mom, I’ll rest a bit and I’ll do it.
-Do it first, and then rest.
The girl nodded tiredly. Mom is in her repertoire. She can’t sit idle for a minute.
She is the only daughter of her parents. They brought her up seriously. Her mother said, if you go to music school, then the girl will go. And it doesn’t matter that she has no skills or desire to play the piano. It doesn’t matter. You’ll learn.
She got a bad grade at school? Then you can’t watch TV, candies are removed from the vase, you can’t go for a walk. Until you get your grade up. My father always agreed with my mother.
I finished school mediocrely. Nothing helped, the girl did not study better. But she didn’t really want to. All the same, her mother would be dissatisfied with something.
While studying in the 11th grade, the girl started dating a guy. Her mother approved. The family is decent, the father is a boss, a good choice for her daughter. After school, the daughter entered a technical school, but after a few months she realized that she was pregnant and left her studies.
The wedding was gorgeous. The husband’s parents took care of all the expenses, which the girl’s parents were very happy about. They are rich, let them splurge.
After the wedding, the girl and her husband went to another city, far from home. A daughter was born. There was no one to help, but that’s okay, the girl coped. They came to their parents once a year.
The husband graduated from the university, worked in his specialty, and earned well. After the maternity leave, the girl did not go to look for a job, the man decided that there was no need, he had enough money. And there was no specialty where she would go.
Years passed. The girl constantly called her parents, in summer she came to visit them with her daughter. Grandparents loved their granddaughter and pampered her, which they never did with their daughter in childhood.
-Mum, I’m expecting a baby. My husband is happy. He says he has always dreamed of two children, hopes it will be a son.
-Are you going to give birth in your old age? Why do you need it?
-I am 35 years old, I am not that old. My daughter will finish school and go away, and I will take care of the baby, I have plenty of time, money.
-Don’t be ridiculous, you have to wait for grandchildren, and you will be with the baby, what nonsense!
A girl was born. Healthy, strong. In the summer, the woman came with the children to her parents. They ignored their youngest granddaughter, showing with all their appearance that she was unwanted. The woman was sad to see it.
Ten years passed.
-Daughter, we are already old with your father, weak. When will you come? Do you have a conscience?
-My husband, children and I want to go to the seaside and then visit you.
-What sea? We need repairs in the house. And the garden is overgrown. They are going to go to the sea… You don’t think about your parents at all, see how you have become. Do you think it’s easy for us here alone?
The woman realized that they would not see the sea again this year. Every year the same song. The husband had already got used to it, and calmly let his wife go to her parents. Taking her daughter, she arrived.
For every whim of the younger daughter, the woman heard a reproach from her mother.
-“I told you not to leave her. No, she didn’t listen, and now you have to put up with her tricks and whims.
-Mom, she is just a child, and the older one was the same, you just forgot…
-Take down the old wallpaper, put up new ones. The fence needs to be painted, the curtains need to be washed… There is a lot of work to do. I’m weak, I can’t do it. And you’re as healthy as a horse, help me.
Mother was always on my heels, telling me how to do everything. And there was no weakness. The woman’s nerves were on edge. No matter what she did, she always heard reproaches.
The last straw was the toilet. As a result, her mother said that she should throw it away and put a new one.
Going to bed, the woman called her husband and talked to him for a long time. The next day he came with his eldest daughter.
-“Mom, Dad, we are going to the sea. Whether you like it or not. Here is the money, hire workers, let them make repairs, clean the garden.
I’m fed up. Everything I do is wrong and wrong. I am also human, and my nerves are not made of iron. I haven’t been to the sea with my family for several years because of your whims. Enough, I’m sick of it!
The woman took the packed bags. The elderly parents followed. Their faces were surprised and annoyed. How come their daughter disobeyed. No respect and honor. In their time, there was no such thing…
The woman was driving in the front seat of the car and listening to the music that sounded from the speakers. Her soul was light and joyful. She did what she wanted, not her parents. For the first time in her life…
She will swim, sunbathe and spend time with her beloved husband and daughters. You have to think about yourself, because life is one! And parents will learn that you can not do this to your daughter, impose your rules and ignore her opinion.
