I looked at my husband, waiting for him to finally say something. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/01411b/620x0/1/0/2025/03/12/ibgosgpirfivzaonmksonmksmtuCrwwwufykx1eat79t6.jpg" alt = "village @pexels" styles = "background-color: rgba (167,175,154,1)" > < p > We sat at the table at the house of his parent & oacute; and my mother -in -law stared at me with a cool eyes.

< p > — You have to help, not live the way you live — she said harshly, pouring teas.

< p > & & ampquo; live the way you live. & Amp; rdquo;

< p > or like ?

< p > that is in its own way ?

< p > I didn't want to live in the countryside.

< p > I didn't imagine our life after marriage.

< P > We had plans. We wanted to develop professionally, maybe someday buy a small apartment in the city.

< p > I did not think that the in -laws would plan our future for us.

< p > — Mom, but & Hellip; & Amp; MDASH; The husband started, but his father hit his hand at the st 'oacute; ł.

< p > — No & ale; but & rdquo;! The house stands empty, the farm requires hands to work. This is your future.

< p > not ours. Their.

< p > they decided that our future should look as they want.

< p > that we should quit everything and live in a house that was not ours at all.

< p > — But we have other plans & Hellip; & Amp; MDASH; I dared to say.

< p > mother -in -law snorted.

< p > — What ? life in the city, in a cramped flat, with a loan for 30 years ? and work in the office for funny money ?

< p > I looked at my husband, looking for support in him.

< p > was silent.

< p > if he has already made a decision ?

< p > The next day we returned to our rented apartment in silence.

< p > — What now ? — I asked quietly.

< p > — I don't know — sighed.

< p > but I saw that he knows.

< p > I knew he would not say & ampquo; no & rdquo; to your parents.

< p > I knew that deep down I feel obliged that he could not refuse &

< p > and that if I love him, I will have to give up everything.

< p > Only if love is enough to love the life, which & oacute; never wanted ?

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116