Ellen is thrilled when Lisa, her daughter, says yes to Ric\u2019s marriage proposal. Once Ric\u2019s parents start being a pain, things quickly get bad. Are there going to be wedding bells?<\/p>\n
I was so happy when I heard that my daughter Lisa said yes to her boyfriend\u2019s proposal! Since Ric had always made her feel safe and loved, I couldn\u2019t wait for them to get married and start living together.<\/p>\n
Then I met his parents.OFF THE RECORD My Future In-Laws Have No Idea That I Own the Home They Live In And Kicked Me Out of It<\/p>\n
Ellen is thrilled when Lisa, her daughter, says yes to Ric\u2019s marriage proposal. Once Ric\u2019s parents start being a pain, things quickly get bad. Are there going to be wedding bells?<\/p>\n
I was so happy when I heard that my daughter Lisa said yes to her boyfriend\u2019s proposal! Since Ric had always made her feel safe and loved, I couldn\u2019t wait for them to get married and start living together.<\/p>\n
Then I met his parents.<\/p>\n
Lisa got a house as a graduation present from my husband David and me. Even though it wasn\u2019t fancy, she chose to live there and put down roots. David agreed with me that our firstborn child earned this after Lisa\u2019s hard work and dedication in medical school.<\/p>\n
Lisa called me one night while making dinner a few months after she moved in.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom,\u201d she dialed. \u201cOkay, Rick is moving in with me. I believe it\u2019s the right choice since we\u2019ve been together for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
I was happy for her, of course. I always thought Lisa was smarter than David, but David thought it was too soon to make such a big promise. A rat smelled bad to her from a mile away. David and I helped Ric move in in the end. I wasn\u2019t sure what to think about all the stuff he brought in. He seemed to be very set on making this move.<\/p>\n
Get ready for the worst family dinner ever.<\/p>\n
Everything began with happiness. Lisa planned a party for Ric, our future in-laws, and us because she wanted us to get to know each other before beginning to plan the wedding. I didn\u2019t mind this because I didn\u2019t think I knew enough about Ric\u2019s family at that point.<\/p>\n
The whole thing took place outside because Lisa wanted her dad to run the grill. David and our younger daughter went inside to get the chicken and sausages for the fire while I was relaxing on one of the seats outside.<\/p>\n
David and Leah then came outside and looked at me with a sneer. They looked like they were scared, like they had seen a ghost.<\/p>\n
\u201cEllen,\u201d David said, I remember. \u201cLet\u2019s go home.\u201d Now.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was all. That word only. But I didn\u2019t want to go any further because David wasn\u2019t the kind of person who would lie about something. That means that if something shocked him, it probably made sense. We left after telling Lisa that Leah wasn\u2019t feeling well.<\/p>\n
David and Leah told me what had happened in the car after that. They heard Lisa and her in-laws talking about how they wouldn\u2019t ask us to the wedding but that this dinner was meant to get us to pay for the whole thing while they were in the kitchen getting things they needed.<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t say anything, and I thanked God that David was driving instead of me. I would have lost control of the car and crashed it.<\/p>\n
From then on, David didn\u2019t want to talk about it much. I knew that was because I had convinced him to let Ric move in with Lisa.<\/p>\n
So, was it all my fault?<\/p>\n
The next morning, I didn\u2019t go to class and asked my TA to take my place. I went right to Lisa\u2019s house and saw her husband\u2019s car in the driveway. They wouldn\u2019t even let me in after I knocked for a while! But I could see them in the living room through the window. They looked like they owned the place. Lisa seemed to have given them the kingdom\u2019s keys.<\/p>\n
I knocked until I knew it was bothering them. Then Ric\u2019s mom came to the door and opened it a little. She said nobody would ask us to the wedding of our child because we were having too much of an effect on Lisa. It looked like she was controlling Lisa like a doll.<\/p>\n
She went even further after that.<\/p>\n
Ric\u2019s mom said, \u201cYour family is just too different for us.\u201d \u201cNow Lisa is like us. Let\u2019s take over. We will send you your wedding bill, though.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lisa had asked them to stay with her, and they had moved in, she told me before she shut the door. It was now their family\u2019s house.I went home right away. Having to deal with Ric\u2019s mother gave me a headache. Lisa got the house from me, but I told her over the phone that it was still in my name. In the next 10 days, she had to decide what she was going to do. I thought 10 days was enough time to pack up and leave.<\/p>\n
The really cool thing is that David and I sold the house. In an instant, the house that Ric\u2019s family thought they owned was gone.<\/p>\n
I just taught our future in-laws how to set limits.<\/p>\n
Lisa, on the other hand, needed this change. She seems to have learned her lesson. Ric still loves her, but she lives in a small apartment close to the hospital where she works. It\u2019s up to you to tell me where Ric\u2019s family went, but I do know that the way they behaved let David and I use the house sale money to buy Leah a car.<\/p>\n
Let me know what you think: Was what I did wrong?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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