After years of marriage and five failed IVF attempts, my mother-in-law became increasingly resentful towards me, even directly suggesting that I should divorce my husband so he could find a new wife.
My husband is always absent from my mother's birthday "because he's busy," and doesn't bring any gifts, but for his mother's birthday, he wants me to personally organize an elaborate celebration, buy a big gift, and even take time off work.
The mother-in-law transferred 10 million VND, the wife was very happy but still shy, the husband came up with a very clever way to handle it, making his wife jump up and hug and kiss him, the clip attracted millions of views.
I learned to cook my stepchild's favorite dishes, bought gifts, and patiently helped her with her homework, but she still resisted, and my mother-in-law always made sarcastic remarks like, "There's no bone in a rice cake for generations."
Even though she's been married to me for five years, every two weeks my wife goes to her former mother-in-law's house to clean and take care of her; on days when she's busy and arrives late, her mother-in-law calls to urge her to go.
How can I express my feelings and vent my frustrations to my mother-in-law without being considered disrespectful when she keeps saying derogatory things like, "You must have accumulated good karma for nine lifetimes to marry my son"?
Due to a conflict with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. S. took gasoline to the balcony of her apartment, soaked her clothes in it, and set them on fire, causing the apartment to burn and injuring two young children.
My two daughters are very well-behaved, studious, and very affectionate towards their grandmother, yet she still pressures me to have more children, threatening that if I don't, my husband will have to find a son outside of our marriage.
My mother-in-law wants to borrow 5 taels of my wedding gold for her daughter's overseas studies, saying, "You'll pay it back when you become successful," of which 4 taels belong to my parents, and my husband's family only gave 5 taels.
For the past 10 years, my sister has neglected my mother while she lived with us. Now that we're facing difficulties, she's insisting on bringing her back to show filial piety, but in reality, she's eyeing my mother's 15 million VND/month pension.
Living in a house I bought with my own money, I have absolutely no privacy. My mother-in-law keeps showing up unexpectedly, scrutinizing and judging everything, and giving away my belongings without my permission.
In front of their young child, the wife was assaulted by her mother-in-law while the husband did not intervene; the video capturing this scene has angered the online community.
For over 10 years, whenever I managed to save any money, my mother-in-law would "borrow" it all, always saying she would give me the house we're living in; only recently did I find out that the house has been transferred to my sister-in-law.
My mother is incredibly kind; I've always thought anyone who gets to live with her would feel lucky. Yet my wife insists on moving out, as if living with my mother is something that causes her great resentment.
The heartwarming and humorous story of a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law from Tuyen Quang has helped many netizens gain a more positive view of this "sensitive" relationship.
My father-in-law, seeing that my child didn't resemble him, pulled out the baby's hair and demanded a DNA test. I calmly waited for an apology when the results came back, but my mother-in-law tried to stop me, feeling anxious and uneasy.
My mother-in-law gave me seven gold bars as a wedding gift on the condition that I be her daughter-in-law for two years; after the term expired, I received a piece of paper and cried all night after reading it.
My mother-in-law never dares to buy anything herself, but she gives all the expensive Lunar New Year shopping and gifts for my boss to her daughter without my permission, leaving me completely overwhelmed.
I arrange the flowers, cook the food, and decorate the house; my mother-in-law takes pictures and posts them online, subtly showing off what she did, and doesn't correct me when I'm unfairly criticized for making her work so hard.
I never imagined that simply because I sided with my mother and made my wife endure the situation, she would be so determined to divorce me after giving birth; she resented almost losing our child due to my mother's harsh treatment.
My mother-in-law is openly having an affair with a married man, and I feel miserable having to pretend to respect her – my elder – while I no longer feel any reverence for her in my heart.
Six months pregnant, I discussed with my husband the idea of buying a bigger house, but to my surprise, when I checked the property deed, my husband's parents were listed as the owners.
My son and daughter-in-law may be angry with me, they may reproach me, but I believe this is the right decision. I want to live my life and enjoy a peaceful old age.
The mother-in-law, helpless in the face of her son's gaming and gambling addiction, urged her daughter-in-law to divorce him, promising to transfer the land title to her; because of this favor, the daughter-in-law hesitated and couldn't make a decision.
Using the excuse that his mother would be moving in with us after the wedding, my fiancé wanted to vacate our rented room and pressured me to ask my parents for permission to move into an apartment that was being rented for 12 million VND per month.
Bitterly disappointed to see my former mother-in-law showing off ultrasound images of twins born to her "mistress," I gathered my ex-husband's medical records and showed them to her, causing her to tremble and collapse to the ground.
My mother-in-law said we were responsible for paying off half of my brother-in-law's 2 billion dong gambling debt; I suggested contributing only 50 million dong, but my husband got angry and called me selfish.
My mother-in-law brought her three grandchildren to stay over for the entire summer. I was in the middle of a stressful probationary period, but I still tried my best to serve them well, yet the whole family treated me like a criminal.
I was shocked to learn that all this time, my husband had been secretly giving money to his mother every month to transfer to his ex-girlfriend, who is now a single mother.
On television, Mai Mimi presented a bouquet of roses to her mother-in-law, stating that her journey from a poor girl to a master of law graduate was successful thanks to meeting her.