A mother has spoken out about her family problems and revealed that her sister had threatened to cut contact with her.
According to the anonymous mom who opened up about her issues on Reddit, she and her partner are surgeons who work hard and love spending their earnings on buying expensive clothes for their teenage daughters.
Since they are earning enough to afford stylish clothes, the parents don’t see any problem with the way they spend their money.point 396 |
Recently, however, the couple was confronted by the woman’s sister-in-law who allegedly demanded they stop buying designer clothes for their daughters after they appeared in formal clothes during a family celebration.point 189 | 1
“My daughters were dressed formally since that’s what everyone agreed to. When my sister-in-law and her kids arrived, she stared at my daughters with a frown,” the woman recalled.
“Later in the evening before dinner was served, she pulled me aside and asked me why did I allow my girls to wear those clothes. I asked her what she meant and she said that teenagers shouldn’t wear expensive clothing if they didn’t buy them with their own money.”
The sister-in-law allegedly went on to tell the mother that she should stop buying expensive clothes for her children because her own children want the same after seeing how hers are dressed.
“I tried to politely tell her that I wouldn’t but she called for my mother-in-law and asked her for her opinion,” the mother added.
“My mother-in-law said that they had no business deciding what my daughters can wear and offered to buy some clothes from that brand for her kids. She started calling me a selfish brat and that I didn’t know what hard work is.
“I told her that my husband and I work our asses off every day to be able to afford this stuff and that she was being entitled. She just cussed me out and went to the table to continue eating.”
On the following day, the couple in question received a text message from the man’s brother who demanded that they apologize and adhere to their orders or face being ousted from their family.
After asking Reddit for advice, the mother of two teenage daughters received lots of support from people suggesting that her sister-in-law is simply jealous because she can’t afford to provide for her children the way she does.
“The only way you could possibly be the a**hole is if your girls are bragging about what they have or being judgmental towards their cousins for having less than them. As long as this isn’t the case, which it doesn’t seem to be, you’re in the clear and it isn’t your job to manage your sister-in-law’s feelings,” one person wrote.
“Like you said, you work hard for your money and you can spend it like you wish. She can’t honestly expect everyone in life to act like they’re at her income level because she’s insecure about it,” another added.
“Her kids will inevitably see kids with nicer things at school, that’s just part of life. Her reaction was totally uncalled for. Do not apologize to her. Honestly going no contact sounds like a good idea.”
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