I agree. Lots of mother in laws do not love and respect their daughter in laws. They think them bad and treat them bad but they require daughter in laws to endure everything they do to them. If daughter in laws do not endure and make arguments, they compain they are not "Xiaoshun". That is not fair. Usually when the husband makes more money, the situation is worse than when the wife makes more money. I know a wife who makes more than 70k a year is still treated bad by her mother in law because her husband makes 200k a year.
And then can you tell me how you repect a mother-in-law who is not satisfied at anything you do? I mean, how, in details, when she is picky at everything you do.
I know daughter-in-laws always want to treat mother-in-laws nicely at the beginning. Then it ends in fighting a lot because daughter-in-laws cannot get any respect from their mother-in-laws.
Also, parents and parents in laws always want to interfere in young couples’ life: how they treat each other, how they raise children, what they should eat, what they should buy, and how they should spend money, etc. The interfere comes in very detailed level. I know a mother-in-law blamed her daughter-in-law in front of her friend because she could not slice the potato following the mother-in-law’s standard. I also know a mother-in-law talked to her son saying his wife was neither a good wife nor a good mother. At that time, the couple had been married for about 10 years.
Parents and parents-in-laws do not usually try to understand and support young couples’ decision but be very picky for everything they do. They want to use their limited knowledge about the society and the country to judge young couples’ life styles.
I would say before mother-in-laws complain, please check yourself first. Should you show any respect and try to live with your daughter-in-law peacefully at the beginning, it won’t be such a bad situation now.
婆婆们的移民生活:老人的苦水向谁诉?