I’m Yuri, living with my husband Shingo and our 3-month-old daughter, Cocoa. Yesterday, I left Cocoa with my sister-in-law, Shiho—who’s married to my younger brother Akira—so I could finally get my hair done for the first time in a while. But when I got back to Shiho’s place, Cocoa was left all by herself, screaming her head off! Shiho had walked out and left Cocoa behind just to pick up her first-grader, Sakura. How could anyone be so irresponsible? Right after that, I called my mom, my husband, and my relatives, and every single one of them agreed that it was completely out of line.
My brother has always been like this. He never gets what I’m trying to say and comes at me with this completely off-base, “Why are you bringing that up now?” attitude. That’s why we used to fight like cats and dogs growing up, and there were plenty of times I felt like we just didn’t see eye to eye.
Even though anyone can see Shiho was in the wrong this time, I can’t believe he’s actually defending her… Sure, he gets points for being a husband who stands by his wife, but as a full-grown adult in the real world? It’s just pathetic.
And what does he mean, “that’s on you, sis”? I honestly had no clue what my brother was even trying to get at.