When Julia\u2019s Mom dies, she leaves a modest inheritance for her beloved daughter. While Julia and David, her husband, have plans for the money, her in-laws have a different agenda altogether.All through my life, my Mom has always had my back. She\u2019s been my biggest support throughout everything \u2014 including the fact that she accepted me dropping out of law school because the pressure was too much at the time.You see, my Mom wasn\u2019t rich, but when she passed away, she left me everything she had \u2014 all the savings that she had put away for me.Rather than squandering it, I decided to be responsible. I told my husband David that we should put some of it away for our dream house. I also decided to use some of it to continue my studies \u2014 it was a long-time shared dream of Mom and mine that I would be a lawyer.\n
The best part about it all was that I had David\u2019s support. He didn\u2019t expect me to use all of my inheritance. Instead, he played a vital role in everything, contributing almost all his salary to our shared dreams.Now for the plot twist.\n
While David and I are saving up for our home, we\u2019ve been renting a place with David\u2019s parents. And they had a very different interpretation of the situation \u2014 somehow, they were convinced that I had become a millionaire overnight, yet they never explicitly mentioned the money.\n
Nonetheless, they found a cunning way to take advantage of me.\n
Our family loves dining out \u2014 we enjoy eating at different places and experiencing different cuisines.\u201dRestaurant hopping will be our thing until we can travel to places,\u201d David always joked.Since the inheritance came in, every restaurant outing has turned into a game of \u201cwallet roulette.\u201d Guess who always ends up footing the bill?Yours truly \u2014 usually because my in-laws would purposely leave their wallets at home.Tired of being the perpetual dinner sponsor, I decided to turn the tables.Come Friday, we went out to dinner as usual. As luck would have it, my in-laws went to the car first, and I spotted their wallets casually resting on the table next to the door.I put on my shoes while waiting for David to come downstairs so we could leave.\u201dI think your parents forgot their wallets,\u201d I said, standing up.\n
\u201dDon\u2019t they always?\u201d he asked. \u201cHere, put them into your bag.\u201dSo, we got to the restaurant and enjoyed the Chinese food I craved the entire week. David probably ate his weight in spring rolls.Then, as the bill arrived, I, with a feigned innocence, claimed that I had forgotten my bank card at home. The in-laws, with their trademark smiles put in place, mirrored by forgetfulness and looked to David.But just as they thought they had won another round, David intervened.\u201dDon\u2019t worry,\u201d he said. \u201cI put your wallets in Julia\u2019s bag as we left the house. You can cover dinner this time.\u201dThe shift in the room was palpable. You could almost hear the gears grinding to a halt as the reality of the situation sank in for my in-laws.Don\u2019t get us wrong, we weren\u2019t trying to take advantage of them \u2014 it was so much more than that. See, my in-laws knew we were saving up for our dream home \u2014 a home they were also moving into because David felt responsible for them. But despite knowing this, they never tried to help us save up.\n
The silence took over for a while, and David glanced at me.Eventually, my father-in-law stretched out his arm and asked for his wallet.\u201dThanks, Son,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve got this one.\u201dHe even left a big tip for the waiter, which we knew was just an attempt to save face.\u201dThanks, Dad,\u201d David said. \u201cYou know, we\u2019ve got to share the responsibility of family dinner. Surely, you cannot expect to cash in on Julia\u2019s inheritance every time we go out. She has plans for that money, and you must respect it.\u201dI grabbed David\u2019s hand beneath the table, feeling seen and appreciated.\u201dI\u2019ve got it next time,\u201d my mother-in-law chirped, breaking open a fortune cookie.Over the following weeks, the in-laws would take out their wallets first whenever we went to a restaurant. But as David said, we all needed to share the responsibility and take turns.It\u2019s been a while now, and the in-laws have yet to revert to old ways. They have begun to appreciate the significance of financial responsibility and respect myself and David.\n
It hasn\u2019t been a complete transformation because David and I still have to cover all the other expenses at home, but it is a step in the right direction. My mother-in-law also opts to cook without me asking now because she knows I study after work.What about you? Have your in-laws tried to take advantage of you?Here\u2019s another story for you: A woman\u2019s in-laws and her husband expected her to pay for everyone\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve dinner after receiving ample money from her inheritance. Frustrated, she quietly paid for her meal and left the restaurant.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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