I am an ordinary office worker living an ordinary life. One day, I experienced an unexpected piece of good fortune that I will never forget.
Following the instructions on the lottery, I quickly went to claim my prize and was worth millions in no time.
However, this unexpected good fortune got me into trouble. Because my husband's mother, who is also my mother-in-law, has always been the object of my wholehearted care.
However, ten years of care have not been rewarded with a penny, because the mother-in-law has not had a penny of savings and has not been able to make any financial support.
I talked to the lawyer for a long time, and he said that this was done according to the legal process, my mother-in-law had passed away, and the care fee she owed me had to be confirmed and paid through the legal process.
I was at a loss, and for a moment my heart was in turmoil.
With this confusion and uneasiness, I returned home. After all, my mother-in-law is really not wrong to take care of me, and she has always been very good to me.
The meaning behind this piece of paper is difficult for me to accept, and it is even more difficult for me to face reality.
In the face of all this, the emotions that are troubled in my heart cannot be released no matter what. I don't know what to do with this piece of paper so that I don't hurt my feelings and get the compensation I deserve.
This piece of paper seemed to tear my heart in two, leaving me in confusion and pain.
After that conversation with the lawyer, I felt more and more complicated. This piece of paper made me re-examine my caregiving life over the past 10 years and start to review my choices.
I began to wonder what my relationship with her had been like in the past decade. My mother-in-law has never hurt me, and she has always been grateful for my care of her, and I treat her as if she were my own family.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and suddenly one day, I received a phone call. On the other end of the phone was a distant relative of my mother-in-law, saying that there was a sum of money that my mother-in-law had saved when she was alive and asked me to go to a bank to handle it.
This money is a love from my mother-in-law, which allows me to find some comfort in the days of sadness and pain.
This amount of money is far from compensating for all the years I have put in, but it should not be ignored by me. What kind of mentality should we have to accept this money?
In the past few days, I have been in a state of confusion, and I feel very tired from my inner conflict.
I'm afraid that this development will make the family relationship more distorted and complicated.
Alas, I feel very helpless at the moment, and I am as confused as a fly without a head. These days, the piece of paper and the money are constantly swirling in my mind, and I try to get myself out of this whirlpool of contradictions, but no matter how hard I try, they seem to be deeply rooted in my heart like a brand, and I can't get rid of it.
I was so distraught and overwhelmed by this incident. While I was struggling internally, my husband began to fall into conflict when he learned the whole thing.
On the one hand, he understands the grievances of my care money owed, and on the other hand, he cannot accept the legal process that hurts the reputation of my deceased mother.
In addition, it has had a big impact on our lives because this unexpected bonus has caused quite a bit of disagreement between us.
There was quite a rift between my husband and me, and we quarreled a lot over these things, and we were even on the verge of marriage.
When I was confused, I could only express my heart to my most trusted friends. My friend is well aware of my emotional entanglement with my mother-in-law, and also respects my dedication all along.
However, despite the help and mediation of my friends, my heart was still full of conflicts. I understand the hardships of my mother-in-law when she was alive, and she has always been very kind to me.
During this time, I never mentioned it to my husband. I was worried that he would be embarrassed or bothered by this.
However, I also gradually found it more and more difficult to treat my mother-in-law normally. I couldn't take care of her as selflessly as I used to.
The lawyer advises us to seek the help of family members to see if there are other ways to resolve the issue.
Now I feel like I'm in a borderless zone between emotion and reality.