THAT is certainly the root of all evil. I only came to realise its true meaning last night and it all started with sale of this house.
Ever since she knew that the house has been sold and especially the selling price. Her attitude is not friendly.
It was only last night i know what are the underlying reasons for those attitude.
1. She is worry about retirement
2. She is worry we are not RETURNING the $100k
3. She is worry we wil take the $10k that they have insisted all the while we have to take.
These are all the reasons that she been having insomnia the past few nights.
What made my heart freeze even till now was her tone when she said ‘你们赚那么多不够吗?’ & ‘儿子啊,你几时变得贪钱’. Which mother in the world will accuse her own blood of such thing?
I was so angry upon hearing that i wanted to stomp into her room but i stopped myself.
I have to keep my cool or i would have wasted my 9yrs plus of effort to live in ‘peace’ with her.
After settling & cooling down, i only feel disappointment that she as a parent, an elderly would think that of her own son and dil.
We have never portray we are after their hard earned money. We have also been rejecting taking their money even they insist. Even giving righteous and fair reason like ‘我有给妹妹,一定要给你。’
I am really angry and disappointed with how she thinks of us and worrying we are here to take away their money. We have our own plans right from the beginning.
1. return them the $100k
2. not to accept the $10k
3. to give them some $ out of the earned sum
We don’t say do not mean we do not have plans.
Our plans is definitely not what they think it is.
Apparently she don’t really know us inside out.
To her it is always about the money.
Hence, i conclude Money is indeed the root to all evil.
She is way down the bottom of my list of family. She is not my family but just my husband’s mother.