Gender: Prefer not to saySubmitted on 21 August 2026 at 6:07 am
My husband lost his job and we might live with his mother
Working women. Kolkata. I have a feeling my mil hates me she has always been having issues about the way I take care of my daughter, how I feed her and keep comparing me with others. During initial marriage days she even mentioned that she wanted my husband to get married to someone else but he didn't agree. When I was pregnant while returning home after a hospital visit my in laws were showing me some house saying there was an alliance for my husband from this house and the girl was good. Fast forward I conceived again and my husband informed her. She said that I can't take care of my elder one and was like do I need another one?maid heard this and asked me if I was pregnant and mil told this. but during the first scan I got to know that the growth is stagnant and was told to abort. We wanted to see another gynec who was known to mil but she was on leave. and was asked to see her assistance. My mil didn't want me see her and was still thinking which doc to consult. In the meanwhile I asked my husband if I can go to my native and stay with my mom as I would need her during this time. He agreed and we decided to leave. Mil got so furious over this and said let her go n do whatever she wants bla blah. During the abortion phase there were multiple visits to the hospital and even had to get admitted but there was not a single calls from my inlaws. Fast forward My husband expects me to call her atleast thrice in a week and make my kid speak to her. I don't feel like talking to her. I have never back answered her but her taunts, the way she behaves always have bothered me, angered me n I take that out on my kid which I don't want to. I'm just avoiding her but my husband has lost his job (my salary is not enough to rent a house and pay bills) and we may have to move to inlaws place if he doesn't find any. What should I do??
Editorial PerspectiveThe Corporate Confessions Editorial Team
The Cost of Economic Survival
The most acute tension in this confession is the forced trade-off between emotional safety and basic financial survival. The writer is facing a looming crisis where economic necessity—precipitated by her husband's job loss—may compel her to move into a household headed by a mother-in-law who has consistently undermined her dignity, marriage, and even her reproductive grief. This potential cohabitation threatens to strip away the physical distance that currently serves as her only shield against emotional distress.
Additionally, there is a painful misalignment of expectations within the marriage itself. While the writer carries deep scars from past hostility and a lack of support during a painful medical crisis, her husband expects a performance of familial harmony through mandated phone calls. The pressure to maintain these appearances, combined with the stress of their financial precarity, is already spilling over into her relationship with her child. The impending move highlights how financial vulnerability can strip individuals of their agency, forcing them to choose between economic instability and returning to an environment that actively compromises their peace.
Things Worth Thinking About
- How can partners align on family boundaries when one spouse's family has caused documented emotional harm to the other?
- When economic survival requires living with a hostile relative, how can a person preserve their emotional autonomy?
- In what ways can couples address the root causes of displaced anger before it begins to impact their children?
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Anonymous28 August 2026 at 6:42 am
Learn to ignore taunts. People around you will say thousand things will you respond to everything everyone says. Do not let what other people say impact you Discuss and tell your husband that the child is yours and you will raise her the way you want. Tell him that you are ready to move in but he should talk to his mother and tell her not to comment on how you both upbring your child. Let the MIL tell from which all places she was getting alliance for her son. How does she know those alliances would have turned out to be better for her son? Make sure things between you and your husband are good. Communicate your thoughts clearly with him instead of writing a confession here. And if you cannot do that then be ready to face the consequences
Anonymous27 August 2026 at 9:24 pm
If your salary is not enough to sustain a nuclear family, Then you will have to stay with your in-laws or your parents. There is no other option.
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Neelima29 August 2026 at 2:02 pm
Help your husband in finding a job. Use your contacts, the quicker he finds a job , better for you and you need not shift to your in laws place
Anonymous27 August 2026 at 3:53 pm
Very sad. I feel sorry for your husband losing his job. Take care.
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Anonymous27 August 2026 at 5:04 pm
Try to increase your income
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