(Dan Tri) - After 3 years of living together and even serving my brother-in-law, I never expected my image to turn into...
3 years ago, my brother-in-law moved in with my family. At that time, he was young, had no stable job and needed someone to rely on. As my sister-in-law, I did not hesitate to welcome him into our house. I even asked someone to find him a job.
I thought that helping her in her difficult time was also my responsibility. However, what I received in return after 3 years was not gratitude, but criticism and heartbreaking ingratitude.
During the 3 years she lived in my house, my sister-in-law didn't have to pay anything. From food, electricity and water to small things like shampoo and shower gel, I took care of everything. She never had to worry about whether the home-cooked meals were enough or not.
I washed her clothes without a single complaint. Even when she went to work, I prepared breakfast and dinner, just wanting her to feel most comfortable.
I really didn't expect myself to be so ugly in the eyes of my husband's family (Illustration: TD).
But what makes me most tired is her indifference. During the day she goes to work, but at night she goes out until midnight, making the whole family wait for her to open the door. Many times, my children are woken up in the middle of the night by the noise when she comes home late. I gently remind her, just hoping she will pay a little more attention so as not to disturb everyone, but she doesn't change.
The story started to get worse when I said: "You're an adult now, if you want to live freely and stay out late, you should move out and live on your own. Your family has a schedule, if you stay out late, the kids will see it and think it's not good, it affects the whole family's sleep."
I didn't think this statement would be the key to all my hard work being wiped clean.
The day she moved out, instead of thanks, I received bad words. She said my house was dirty and I was lazy to clean. She said I was not attentive to my sister-in-law, the food in the house was redundant and not delicious.
She brought up the issue of taking care of the children and her husband to defame me. That I was a terrible woman, spoke harshly to my husband and children, treated them badly, and did not know how to raise them.
I told my friends, even my husband's family, that I was difficult and calculating. From someone who was always devoted to my family, I suddenly became a bad person in everyone's eyes.
I was hurt not because of what you said, but because what I had done for you over the past 3 years was denied. I had sacrificed my time, my effort, and even my family’s personal space to help you through your difficult times. But now, all I received in return was ingratitude and hurt.
I don't blame you for wanting to live freely or wanting to move out. Everyone has the right to choose their own life. But I can't understand why you choose to erase all the good things I've done and turn around and talk bad about me like that?
As a sister-in-law, I don’t expect to be praised or recognized. But at least, I think that a word of thanks, a little appreciation is enough to make me feel that my efforts are not in vain. However, I realize that kindness, if misplaced, sometimes becomes a burden.
Now, I just want to focus on taking care of my small family, the people who truly love and cherish me. My brother-in-law can go his own way, I don't care anymore. But the pain from that ingratitude will forever be a lesson for me to know how to protect myself, not to let my kindness be taken advantage of again.
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