A sketch of how a cheeky mother-in-law ruined the New Year for everyone

The New Year is a family holiday. I want to gather all relatives at one table, talk and noisily celebrate the end of another year. But not all families do. Sometimes a general feast can cause discord between relatives. This is exactly what happened in our history, in which our plans for the New Year turned into a failure.



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A year has passed, and I still recollect the consequences of the past family feast. I’ve always loved having the whole family at the same table, telling stories, reminiscing about the past. But last New Year's Eve turned a lovely family gathering into a scandal. To be more precise, my dear mother-in-law.

Last year, she commissioned the whole family to celebrate the New Year. She said, it's a family holiday, we need to gather everyone, have a feast on the mountain. I liked it because we hadn’t been together since our wedding. We've been married for three years. I agreed on the condition that we celebrate at my place and cook too.



To tell you the truth, I love this kind of thing. Cooking is my thing, even though my mother-in-law won't admit it. I've already started planning what I'll cook to surprise the guests. We called everyone. My parents, brothers and sisters with families. Great plans for the new year I was very pleased.

I made a detailed menu for the New Year and was calm. Until my mother-in-law calls. She called a couple of days before dinner and started asking me what I was going to cook. I had to go into detail. She also said that she would cook something, because there were not enough dishes on my menu. Of course, only 23. They agreed that I had hot meals, salads and meat on, and she could make a couple of snacks if she wanted. I think that's okay with both of them.



But on the day of dinner, my mother-in-law showed up with two huge bags. It surprised me, but I calmly asked what was there. Instead of answering, she began taking cooked dishes from her bags. There are "Olivier", and "Foat", and cutlets with chops. In general, everything I have already prepared. I even brought a baked duck, even though I knew it was my signature dish.

The anger was boiling, but I wisely decided to restrain myself. My mom always said you can't fight on New Year's Eve. I take a deep breath and ask: Lyudmila Andreevna, why did you cook so much? I've got everything ready, I just have to put it on the table. There is no room for all dishes.”



She said, “You put mine on the table and yours in the fridge.” Then finish your meal. You've got a little bit of stuff in there, and I've made enough for everyone. I took my breath away, but I agreed to put half of her food on the table, half of my own. With grief, the table was covered in half, waiting for guests.

I was so happy that everyone came to our house that I even stopped thinking about whose cooking was there. I thought I'd have fun anyway. But my mother-in-law didn't want to give up. She seemed to approach each guest and invite him to taste her dishes. She said a hundred times that she cooked.



Everyone praised her cooking and only judged what a skilled mistress she was. My husband’s brother even joked, saying that my daughter-in-law would teach me how to cook. And I felt so hurt. It took me so much effort and effort to prepare a festive dinner, and no one even appreciated it. It turned out that I gathered everyone for the holiday, and made the poor mother-in-law cook.



Of course, I did not spoil the holiday for others, but there was no mood left. Showed the guests off, packed each one a piece of her duck. After all, no one at the table tried it, the mother-in-law laid out only her dishes on plates. The mother-in-law left with everyone, taking with her almost all the remains of her dishes.

I had to wash mountains of dishes and be angry with my cheeky mother-in-law. It's good that my husband helped and reassured me. He said that since we had so much food left, we could call friends tomorrow and have another party. He also said I was the best housewife in the world. The anger receded, but the residue remained.

And so, in early December, my mother-in-law called again with the question of how and where we will celebrate the New Year. I do not want to repeat last year, but I do not have the strength to quarrel with my mother-in-law. What to do and where to get the courage to say that this year my husband and I will celebrate together?



We think that the heroine of this story should no longer celebrate the New Year with her mother-in-law. Still, the offense has not gone anywhere, and spoil another holiday to nothing. It’s hard to tell if the mother-in-law had a malicious intent or if she was just sure that no one would make the best of her. No one will know.

But we also believe that any dispute can be resolved by conversation. The daughter-in-law should be told what she is unhappy with, and the mother-in-law, of course, listen. We think that would help to correct the situation. What do you think of this story?