When I got married, I thought it was the beginning of my life together – mine and his. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/7029d7/620x0/1/0/2024/12/31/pcpvshcg4onj3ux3uxqbxcsmi0ykx88gvuikae8bmz8.jpg" alt = "old lady @pexels" styles = "background-color: rgba (134,132,123.1)" > < p > I did not think that I would have to share this relationship with the third person who will take my spok to me every day, confidence and the feeling that I am & hellip; sufficient.

< p > my mother -in -law. Seemingly smiling, cordial woman.

< p > at the beginning M & oacute; Wiła: < br />< br /> & amp. “I am glad that you are with us.” & < br /> ~ & ampash; & bdquo; after all, someone decent with my son. &

< p > but a week after the wedding the comments began:

< p > — & AMP; BDQUO; so you give potatoes ? maybe next time the gear is human. ” & AMP; BDQUO; with a child you need to be more careful. I wouldn't do that. & this dinner ? no c & oacute; Ż & hellip; In my time & oacute; it was a different kitchen. “&

< p > cut my wings every day.

< P >Every day she received the certainty that I was a good wife, mother, woman.

< p > a m & oacute; ju husband ?

< p > instead of setting boundaries, he defended her.

< p > — & AMP; BDQUO; Oh, mother just yes m & oacute; wi. & AMP; BDQUO; do not overdo it, she cares. ” & AMP; BDQUO; After all, it's your imagination, there is no bad intentions. “&

one day, after I heard that & I hold a child like a potato bag & rdquo;, I could not stand.

< p > I got up from the table and said:

< p > — & AMP; BDQUO; Please stop judging me. This is my child, m & oacute; j house and my life. Please respect it. & Amp;

< p > mother -in -law got up, outraged.

< p > — & AMP; BDQUO; You see what tone ? and I just wanted a pom & oacute; c! &

< p > a m & oacute; ju husband ?

< p > instead of hugging me and standing on my side, he said:

< p > — & AMP; BDQUO; You had to not start. < p > then something broke in me. Not only through her. By him.

< p > I started to locate myself. I was getting less and less M & Amp; Oacute; I laughed less and less often. I felt invisible.

< p > until one day I looked in the mirror and asked myself: Is it worth being in a marriage in which & oacute; rhym I have to constantly prove my value ?~ 60 > < p > I didn't leave. Not yet. But I set boundaries.

< p > I told my husband:

< p > — & AMP; BDQUO; If you want to live with my mother, live. But I want to have a partner, not a lawyer of someone else's harm. ” < p > I don't know what will happen next.

< p > but I know that I will never let someone else's voice be more important than mine.

< p > even if this someone is mother -in -law.

< p > even if this voice bears a familiar surname.

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