My mother-in-law always tried to count my money. “If it’s not a secret how much do you get paid?”- she asked.
And I always asked,”What’s your purpose?”
She was very offended by my answer, she always expressed her dissatisfaction about me to my husband.
My husband was not particularly interested in how much I was earning, and I was not going to report my finances to him.
Then she went to extremes, called my workplace, joined the accounting department and directly said my name and surname, asked the amount of my salary…
Of course, the employees did not answer her. “We do not report such information,” but they told me that they had got such a call from a woman.
I immediately understood who was interested in my income. That very day I called my mother-in-law to ask why she had done such a thing.
At first my sister-in-law was confused, but then she turned everything into a joke, saying that as if I had not answered, she decided to call and find out for herself.
My husband did not like this situation either, he was very angry with his mother. But they have not talked about it yet.
My husband never looks in my wallet, because he adheres to the principle that a man should earn money,and try to provide for our daily lives, and I can spend my salary on my needs.
Of course, I also try to invest in our budget, I always buy clothes and household items with my salary. My husband pays for utilities and food.
We buy household appliances together, we save money for planned needs, although my husband never insisted that I invest in that money.
We did not have any financial problems. But my mother-in-law can not calm down. She is upset with my husband’s position, she is trying to teach my husband to control my finances.
But he understands that it is not masculine, and he does not follow his mother’s advice. She probably imagined that I had a cash flow, a huge income, that I was keeping money from my husband.
I was very ashamed of what she did, everyone at work reacted differently, but there were those who understood, as I told some about my mother-in-law’s constant questions. I want to talk to her seriously.
I’m tired of these financial issues, because she does not interfere so much in other issues, but she cannot leave alone my salary…
