She’s Refusing To Give A Family Heirloom To Her Daughter-In-Law Because She Wants To Pass It Down To Her Granddaughter Once She’s Ready
In this 53-year-old woman’s family, there is a family heirloom that has been passed down for generations.
The heirloom, which is a flower charm, was actually welded by her great-great-grandfather and given as a gift to her great-grandmother when she was a child.
So, the flower charm has remained in her family ever since.
“And it is important to every woman in my family,” she said.
Apparently, the heirloom is typically inherited by the eldest daughter in her family– which just so happened to be her.
But, when it came time to have her own children, she never wound up having any girls. Instead, she had three sons.
And one of her sons, Ace, is 26-years-old and is married to his wife, Julia. Together, Ace and Julia also recently welcomed their first baby girl into the world.
That’s why, just the other day, her son approached her and claimed that she should just give the family heirloom to her daughter-in-law, Julia.
Then, Julia would be able to pass the flower charm down to her granddaughter in the future.
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However, she did not want to give the heirloom to her daughter-in-law. And her son just did not understand that.
Ace claimed it was rude of her since Julia was now a part of their family. Plus, since he was her first son to get married, Ace thought that technically made Julia the eldest daughter.
“But I told him I didn’t care, and if he wanted his daughter to have it, then I would give it to her when the time was right,” she recalled.
That just made her son more upset, though, and he accused her of being unfair.
Then, Ace also admitted how he had already mentioned the charm to his wife– so Julia already thought she would be receiving the family heirloom.
Still, she essentially told her son that that was his problem and that he should not have made any promises to his wife– because the family heirloom will be remaining in her possession.
At that point, she also decided to ask Ace some important questions, such as what would happen to the charm if he got divorced or if something else happened.
As you can probably imagine, though, her son just became angrier after that, accused her of “doubting them,” and hung up the phone on her.
‘I just wanted to follow tradition badly, and I had planned on giving my granddaughter the charm myself when I thought she was ready,” she vented.
“This is what I am comfortable with. I feel like my concerns are reasonable.”
With her son really angry with her, she’s been left wondering whether refusing to give her daughter-in-law the family heirloom makes her a jerk or not.
Why do you think her son promised the heirloom to his wife without even bothering to talk to her first? Is it her right to hold onto the family heirloom until she is ready to pass it down to her granddaughter? How can she reconcile this situation with her son?
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