How to survive the treachery of your own son

Betrayed by his son Mother is the most miserable person on earth. When the dearest, most beloved person in the world sticks a knife in the back, it’s hard and tears come to your eyes.



But if you look closely, you can see that the situation does not always develop exactly as it is described from the words of the parent. People are very subjective. What may seem sacrilege to a mother is perceived by children as quite ordinary. In short, generational problems. Fathers and children.

Maria Pavlovna had a beloved son, an unloved daughter-in-law and two grandchildren: 4 and 7 years old. The grandmother Masha has already turned 60, but she felt a maximum of 45. Energetic, loud, even now for harvesting or even at the local disco.

Her only son 8 years ago married not the kindest woman named Jeanne. It is not known where the boy looked, but what is done is done. The wedding was not too festive: according to Maria Pavlovna, it would be possible to invite more relatives, set tables, put loud music and walk, if not three days, then certainly from dawn to night. The young people did not like this idea, they chose an ordinary restaurant and invited only the closest ones. Well, that's the wedding.



Despite the fact that the woman worked all her life tirelessly, she did not earn much money. Her husband left very early and Maxim, her son, was the only joy in her life. He studied well and immediately went to work after school. A couple of years and he's already getting a good salary. Mom's pride.

After the wedding, the young moved to a two-bedroom apartment, which the matchmaker gave them. Yes, the daughter-in-law was from a wealthy family, but is money really happiness? And after moving, Masha’s grandmother began to smell the wrong thing: gifts for the birthdays of her grandchildren she chose the wrong ones, parenting advice was no longer satisfied with her daughter-in-law, and her son, a native blood woman, did not allow her to cook at their home, as in the old days. Apparently, his mother's cooking didn't suit him anymore.

She was not allowed to sit with her grandchildren. The matchmaker often came and helped her daughter. She was probably better treated because of the financial help. Maria Pavlovna herself was skeptical of monetary gifts. Her friends advised her to give her money for the holidays, but is it a gift? You can just walk around the market and buy something you need or just beautiful. Everything will work in this life.



But the biggest disappointment came in the New Year. His son invited his mother to the party. Nothing, home furnishings, no gifts, just have fun and have a good time together. "It's just your daughter-in-law's parents and you, Mommy." On the 31st, in the afternoon Maxim arrived and took his mother home, and he went to get his mother-in-law and father-in-law. They lived a little further away.

Giving gifts to her grandchildren and, although not beloved, but her own daughter-in-law, Maria Pavlovna went to walk around the apartment and inspect the rooms. It is, everything is a mess, things are scattered, especially in the nursery. The wife is lying on the couch, looking at something on the laptop. Even at first, her grandmother Masha, also invited her, but what TV shows there are when the apartment is a mess. We should go into the kitchen...

Maria Pavlovna was surprised: there was no food in the kitchen or on the balcony. No potatoes, no salads, no cold. There were some dairy products and nonsense in the fridge, like sauces and cheese, but what good is that? Thank God, the daughter-in-law explained that they ordered all the treats at a local restaurant and the food will arrive in the evening, so as not to cool down. But Grandma Masha is not something that would reassure her.



On the clock around 5 p.m. and grandmother Masha offered the daughter-in-law to clean up together, because soon her parents will arrive, and children’s toys are scattered, and in the kitchen dirty dishes. To which the daughter-in-law replied, they say, nothing terrible. We'll cover the hall, it's clear. And she does not want to clean up yet, because she just passed the project, her head does not work at all, she is very tired.

Then Maria Pavlovna quickly assembled a small detachment of grandchildren and began cleaning. At first, the teams were quiet while the work went well. But when she asked the youngest to bring a dirty glass to wash, the glass broke and a piece of glass hit the youngster on his finger. Naturally, the roar began and his daughter-in-law came running to him.



There was not even a scandal, just a judgmental look. Grandma Masha wanted to justify that these are children, this often happens, but the daughter-in-law did not even honor it with attention. I just went to the bathroom to wash my son's cut. After 10 minutes, the women were talking in the kitchen, and the younger one, with the same unblinking look, put an ultimatum: either Maria Pavlovna does not establish her own order in her house, or there will be a big quarrel.

You shouldn't have said it twice. Maria Pavlovna quickly dressed in the corridor and already in the entrance met her son and relatives. Silently, without saying hello, she went down to the first floor and went home. While she was walking, her son didn't even call her phone. I didn't even say Happy New Year.



Now that a few months have passed, Grandma Masha is thinking of finding tenants. Let them live with her, help her. And she'll be like their mother. If all goes well, I'll probably sign the apartment for them. My son doesn’t need it anymore, so why bother him with his presence? That's how you try, you try to do something, and you're treated like an empty place. Shame.