When my daughter got married, I felt pride and relief. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/2419cd/620x0/1/0/2025/03/26/wnlixwodixz55llaryli6fjf39he7xe9nrk1hbno.jpg" alt = "from life taken." Quot; son -in -law says that the house belongs to his family & quot;: but I renovated him for my money " styles = "background-color: rgba (87.73.59.1)" > < p > I trusted her election. I believed that she would finally have a house full of love, security and mutual respect.

< p > young people lived in an old house, a parent & oacute; in her husband & ndash; the building, which was a long time ago. ~ 60 > < p > everyone knew that it is only suitable for major renovation.

< p > — & AMP; BDQUO; Mom, you will help us a bit ? We can't do it alone … & &

< p > I helped.

< p > I gave savings from the deposit, I gave up on vacation, with the plan & in retirement.

I paid for the team, for tiles, for the roof, for the roof, for the roof,

< p > I had only one dream: that my c & oacute; rce would live better than me.

< p > I did not expect gratitude.

< p > but I didn't think that once & hellip; I will be treated like Wr & oacute; g.

< p > Son -in -law seemed cool. Polite but distant.

< P >He never thanked for help.

< p > He never invited me to dinner in a renovated house.

< p > but I was silent.

< p > because I believed that the good of my c & oacute; rki and grandson & oacute; w.

< p > until the day when I accidentally heard his conversation with a friend:

< p > — & AMP; BDQUO; is my parent's house & oacute; in, no stranger has anything to say. ” < p > stranger.

< p > I & ndash; foreign.

< p > in the evening of & oacute; I was in talk.

< p > — & AMP; Bdquo; Marek, I just wanted to ask & Hellip; Do you really think I have no right to even enter this house ? &

< p > looked at me cold.

< p > — & AMP; Bdquo; You brought something, yes. But the house has been in our family for generations. It's not your place. < p > not you place.

< p > these words spilled in me like cold water.

< p > and my c & oacute; rka ?

< p > sat quietly.

< p > did not say a word.

< p > I left.

< p > without a glove. Without tears

< p > but since then something has changed in me.

< p > It was not about money.

< p > It was a feeling that everything I did with the heart was reduced to & ampquo; foreign help & < p > today I don't visit them so often.

< p > I don't ask if you need something for children.

< p > I started living my own life.

< p > because I understood that sometimes the biggest drama is not a scream, but silence after someone is to your back, with your back, having your effort < p > but if it was the house of his family & ndash; Let their family keep him. I'm coming back to myself.

< p > to the place where I am someone & ndash; not alien.

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