I’m Anna. I’m 23, and I married my childhood sweetheart. I still remember how incredibly kind my mother-in-law was to me when I was just a little girl. When I heard she was sick and might not have much time left… I decided to get married young, all for the sake of the mother-in-law I adored. But even though she told us she’d pitch in 1,000,000 yen for the wedding, she completely gaslit us about the money when it came time to pay. Once the marriage was official and I became family, her once-kind attitude completely vanished.
Even though she promised to give us a million yen for the wedding, she acted like it never happened. When I told her we were thinking about visiting a clinic for fertility treatments, she snapped at us, saying it looks bad and she’d feel sorry for the kid. And now, right after I gave birth to a baby girl, she tells me, “Haku always said he wanted a boy”…
At this point, I can’t just brush it off by thinking “I’m overthinking this” or “maybe I was in the wrong too.” Was the sweet, kind mother-in-law I used to love just an illusion? Her attitude changed so drastically after we got married, and this lingering frustration just won’t go away.