My Spouse Demands That I Pay Her Mother to Live

We have been wedded for almost a year. We are living together in our place and are very close. The atmosphere here is peaceful since it's only the two of us. When it comes to cleaning, we are in it together, doing the laundry together, and having fun. My wife is not a huge fan of cooking. She possesses so many attributes but cooking is not among them, hence her reluctance.

If the meal is not charred, it is definitely raw. If it's not like soup, then it might be so hard that one can't even swallow. But I don't say anything; she's my only companion.

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Her mother came for a short visit and she is here for a month now. She was just visiting but due to her health situation, she had to stay longer. Her mom did the cooking and cleaning for us. My wife directed me to stop doing my usual chores after her mom came because she didn't want her mom to think her daughter was lazily taking advantage of me and that she was not doing anything. You know how mothers can jump to conclusions.

With the time of her mom's leaving approaching, my wife is proposing that we should ask her to stay longer and pay her. She did not say for how long. "Just think of all the cooking she has done since she came. Who is going to take over that when she is gone?"

What has been initially a request has shifted to a demand: "My mom stays and helps," she is very firm on that. What is more, since her mother does not show any sign of leaving, I begin to suspect that this was a secret conspiracy they made up together.

I am not mad; it is her mother. If she wishes to remain, I will not object. Anyway, we have been enjoying well-prepared meals. But, paying her for her staying? Not a chance. We were getting along very well without her. That is out of the question.

I thought I could let her flaws slide and embrace her with all her imperfections, but the way she is making this a big issue is causing me to reevaluate my choice of marrying her.

Her mother can stay, and I will not give a penny, or she can take her mother and go, and I will still not give a penny.

—Josh

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