Winning a Battle, the Interactions Between the Daughter & Mother-in-Law

Knowing her mother-in-law well, translated…

That day, my mother-in-law called, said that two days from then, she will come to Hamburg, the city we live in for some business, and bringing along the clothes that my husband forgot just last weekend, but that she was only here for a short while, that I shouldn’t, go out of my way to make her feel at home.

The night before my mother-in-law’s arrival, “inspiration” came knocking. Although she’d told me she wasn’t coming into the house, but maybe, there would be changes, like she might need to use the bathrooms? Even so, the fact that I’d not scrubbed the toilets in a long time, would get found out. But, the average German ladies wouldn’t go out of their way to clean the house, just because their mothers-in-law are coming by, let alone, scrubbing the toilets, should I, just, go with the flow then?

But, every time that we’d gone to visit her, she’d especially cleaned up the room we stay in, to a shine, and she’d always clean up the bathrooms so we can use it too. And now, making the bathrooms clean for her to use, it’s, a sort of reciprocation, I suppose? Besides, although the drive is no more than one-and-a-half-hour, but, the bladders of the elderly, are, quite, unpredictable.

I should, schedule scrubbing the toilets onto my to-do-list for tomorrow then, and, it should be, my priority, as when the bladders get full, it would, alter your plans for certain.

The very next day, my mother-in-law, just like I’d estimated, rang the doorbell at eleven sharp, and, just as I had estimated, my mother-in-law had, asked to use the bathrooms. Sure, no problem, it’s, waiting for you! Do take as much as time as you may need on it, we also provide magazines for your reading pleasures too!

It’s true, that you should, NEVER ignore that small voice inside of you. Hmmmmmmmmmm, how come, I feel, like I’d won a battle or sorts here?

So, this woman’s anticipations were correct, and, it’s because she was, prepared for her mother-in-law’s arrival, that, was how she didn’t crash and burn…