Strawberry Letter 23: Mother-in-Law or Me
Good Morning Steve, Carla, Shirley and Newphew Tommy,
I will get directly to the point of the letter. My wife and I starting dating in September of 2006 and finally got married in March of 2008. We were only dating 7 months before her mother moved in with us. Remind you her mother does not have any illness, sickness, no problems. She works every day and has no bills, but when I mention to my wife that I would like to have our family and house to ourselves she tells me, “My mother don’t have to go anywhere.”
She told me if I wanted her mom to move then I need to buy a house so she, I and our 12 yr old daughter could move into. I understand that I moved from another state to be with her, she already had her own home and I moved so, now I’m being told that the only way her mother could leave is if I purchased another house.
But I feel as the husband I don’t get any respect. She talks to me like a child, and whenever she gets mad I’m degraded to the fullest extent. Please help me. I’m so frustrated.
