Real-life. “Mother-in-law rules over everyone and does whatever she wants, but I managed to beat her”: I sold the gift she pushed on us

What a mess! My mother-in-law made a scene when she found out we got rid of the furniture she gave us as a housewarming present.

She rolled her eyes and clutched her heart, demanding an ambulance, medicine, and water. It was a circus. But now, I hope, she will stop doing everything her own way and not consulting anyone.

My husband's mother is simply a general in a skirt. She is used to ruling over her husband, subordinates, daughter and son-in-law, but with my husband and me she broke down. Izabela is used to everything always happening the way she planned and decided. This applies to everything – family, work, children's personal lives. My husband says that throughout his life he has had scandal after scandal with his mother.

It was only at the age of twenty-five that he learned to maintain a delicate balance. Unlike his sister, he did not hesitate to argue with his mother, defend his opinion, and do whatever he wanted.

Of course, all the heavenly punishments fell on his head, but my husband did not care much about it. When we got married, at first I tried to avoid conflicts with my mother-in-law, to be silent at times, to do as she pleased. However, Isabella mistook my kindness for weakness and tried to crush me under her boot. But she did not succeed, because I was only as gentle as a lamb in appearance.

When I realized my mother-in-law was trying to dominate me, I quickly changed my behavior. “I told you your idea of ​​being friends with my mother would never work,” my husband would later tease me, to whom I had proven before we were married that I could get along with anyone, probably except his mother.

Despite our family’s scrupulously holding the line against my mother-in-law, she never gave up hope that she would ever bend us to her will. We yielded to her in some minor matters, but in most cases we stood our ground. However, Isabella considered each of our concessions as a victory and tried to expand her influence.

At first I wondered why she was focusing on us. She also has a daughter and son-in-law, and there is plenty of room for expansion there. But then, as I began to understand the balance of power in the family a little better, it became clear that the son-in-law and daughter-in-law were already dancing to her tune, and my husband and I were still resisting. Recently, my mother-in-law tried once again to bend us to her will, using a good excuse – she gave us a present, but one that made our eyes pop out of our heads.

We bought the apartment last year and have been slowly and carefully renovating it for almost a year. We wanted everything to be top notch so that we wouldn’t have to renovate it every year. Finally, there were the finishing touches – we had to furnish the apartment. We ignored all the advice from our mother-in-law, who tried to interfere in the matter because her tastes didn’t match ours at all. We chose the furniture and appliances ourselves, paid for everything, ordered it and waited. One of the deliveries was supposed to arrive three days earlier, but suddenly we were invited to a birthday party with an overnight stay and had to ask our mother-in-law to pick up the delivery for us.

The decision was made very quickly. What could she be doing there, we thought. When we got home, there was a couch in the living room, it took up almost half of the room and was so heavy that it couldn't be moved. The couch was in the room, not matching the interior, not in style, not in color, not in any way.

My husband and I stood there and didn't understand what it was or why it was there. “You spent money and forgot about it, but this couch will last a long time, so you will remember this gift from me for many years to come,” my husband's mother proudly declared.

“Yes, we will remember this gift for the rest of our lives, thank you mom.” Of course, we didn't plan to leave this monster in our apartment. When my mother-in-law came to visit and saw that her gift was gone, she howled like a steamboat siren. Then she started rolling her eyes, fainting slightly and demanding an ambulance, a notary, medicine and water. She called me and my husband ungrateful because we didn't appreciate her gift, and when she found out how much we got from selling the sofa, she gasped that she paid twice as much for it. “I'll never give you anything again, get that into your head,” the mother told her husband at the end of her performance.

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