After She And Her Husband Got Her Mother-In-Law A Phone Plan For Emergencies, They Ended Up Canceling It Because Her Mother-In-Law Gave The Phone To Her 8-Year-Old Nephew Without Asking
This woman and her husband are both in their late twenties and do not have children. So, after they tied the knot a few years ago, they decided to add their mother-in-law to their cell phone plan.
After all, she lived alone and did not have a cell phone. Plus, her husband thought it would be good for his mother to have a cell in case of any emergencies.
Once they added her mother-in-law to the plan, the extra expense was only about $20 per month.
But, since then, phone plan costs have risen, and her mother-in-law has also gotten a newer phone. So now, the added expense is about $50 each month.
“Pretty steep, with the way the economy is, am I right?” she asked.
Anyway, her youngest brother-in-law has a son who is 8-years-old. And while she said that her nephew is a nice kid, she also claimed that he is not her nor her husband’s responsibility.
So, after she called her mother-in-law’s cell phone just a few days ago and her nephew answered, she was pretty confused.
At first, she figured her nephew was just at her mother-in-law’s house and asked if he could bring his grandma the phone.
To her complete surprise, though, her nephew revealed how he was at his house. Moreover, he claimed that his grandma– her mother-in-law– had actually just given him the cell phone to keep because his own parents would not buy him one.
bnenin – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
This immediately made her pretty angry. First of all, her mother-in-law never told her or her husband about giving the phone away. And she already was not thrilled about paying for her mother-in-law’s cell phone, let alone paying for her 8-year-old nephew to have one.
So, she wound up going over to her mother-in-law’s house and saying that if her mother-in-law was not going to use the phone, then she was going to take the device off of her plan altogether.
“And I wanted the iPhone back from my nephew because my husband’s screen is cracked, and he can have hers,” she added.
After all, that would help save her and her husband a few hundred dollars since they would not have to purchase a new phone.
If you could not have guessed, though, her mother-in-law was seriously angry.
“Because it’s ‘her phone to do with as she pleases, and she wants my nephew to have it,'” she recalled.
Quite frankly, though, she pointed out how it was not her mother-in-law’s phone. She also refused to pay for it if her nephew was using it.
So, she ultimately told her husband that she was canceling the device, and she did. Then, she claimed that if her mother-in-law wanted a phone again or wanted her nephew to have one, then her mother-in-law could sign up for a plan by herself.
Her husband was not exactly on her side, though, and is now mad that she canceled the phone. Her mother-in-law, her nephew, and her nephew’s parents are also now really angry with her.
Thankfully, she did get the phone back from her nephew because it is no longer working under their plan. And honestly, she still believes she did the right thing.
“We all have to make cuts where we can in this economy,” she vented.
Still, with everyone upset with her, she has been left wondering whether canceling her mother-in-law’s phone plan was a jerky thing to do or not.
Did her mother-in-law have a right to give the phone away without consulting her or her husband? Should she be expected to foot the bill for the phone if it’s not being used how it was intended? Was she justified in canceling the phone plan? If you had been in this situation, would you have done the same?
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