She Threatened To Leave Her Husband If He Takes In Their Orphaned Niece And Nephew
This woman’s husband tragically lost his brother, Jack, and sister-in-law, Linda, due to a car accident.
Jack and Linda also left behind a fourteen-year-old daughter and an eleven-year-old son. And she and her entire family have been devastated by the immense loss.
But, her niece and nephew being without a guardian has also caused a plethora of other problems in her family.
Her in-laws, who are the children’s grandparents, of course, want the kids to remain in the family. So, they asked that one of the aunts or uncles take them in.
Well, her husband’s sister lives with roommates in New York– so they were immediately out of the question.
And Linda’s brother, George, initially took the kids in following the accident. But George’s wife refuses to let the arrangement be anything but temporary.
“Money is tight for them, and George’s wife recently told him that she would leave him if it turns out he tricked her into taking the kids permanently. So now, George wants out,” she explained.
In turn, the only two options are now her and her husband or Linda’s sister Amy. But, apparently, she and her husband did not even really get a choice in the matter.
In fact, Amy went to her in-laws and said she would be taking the kids in without asking her or her husband first.
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So, ever since then, all of the aunts and uncles have called her husband to say it was the right thing to do. But, she really cannot fathom taking in the children.
First of all, her house is only a three-bedroom, without a basement, and they already have three kids. Plus, they cannot afford to buy a larger house.
Nevertheless, Amy has apparently been gunning for her and her husband to take the kids, so they do not have to.
Apparently, Amy claims that they and their husband are “child-free,” so they do not know how to raise children. Plus, Amy said that if they decide not to, she would be responsible for their divorce.
“Amy also says that since my husband and I work, we have the extra income and that we already have three kids, so what’s two more? But, the income part is not true,” she vented.
“We are tight on money, too. Also, Amy is married to a big four consultant who makes more than both my husband and I combined. So, I don’t understand why they can’t take the kids and learn to parent.”
Well, according to her, it’s not that Amy could not learn to parent; it just seems like they do not want to.
More specifically, whenever Amy’s husband travels for work, they apparently tag along just for fun, and they do not want to give that up.
Anyway, a few days ago, her in-laws ended up calling again and begging her to take the kids. And her husband was honestly thinking about caving before she told him no.
She claims that she is already working overtime just to ensure that her own children have a college fund.
At the same time, she shared her belief that Amy needs to step up to the plate and give up traveling for once.
And finally, she does not want to force her three children to live in one room while also blowing their college funds on their cousin’s care.
However, her husband did not totally agree. In fact, he asked if they should talk to their children about it and see if they would be okay with that– which seriously pissed her off.
“I am not passing the guilt to my kids so some flighty woman can vacation with her husband while everybody else struggles to make ends meet,” she said.
So, she was ultimately forced to tell her husband that if he dared to get the kids involved, she would actually leave him, too.
And apparently, the only reason she has not done that yet is that she doesn’t want her niece and nephew to think they are the reason everyone’s marriages are falling apart.
Still, though, she feels terrible turning them away. And now, she is questioning if refusing to take in the kids makes her a jerk.
Do you think she has good reason to want Amy to take the kids or not? How would you feel in this situation? What would you do to reconcile it?
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