Her Husband Wants Her To Sell Her Heirloom Necklace To Pay For His Mom’s Bougie Birthday Party
Would you be willing to make a major sacrifice for your in-laws, or would you expect your spouse to do it? This woman and her husband aren’t exactly rolling in money right now.
Groceries are expensive, they have bills to pay, and they’re hardly making it work at the moment. While they’re not destitute or unable to feed themselves, things are hard, for sure.
“So when he came to me one night and said, ‘Hey, you think maybe you could sell that necklace from your grandma?’ I just froze,” she explained.
“That necklace? The one I inherited when she died? The only thing I have left of her? He said he needed the money to throw a birthday party. For his mom.”
“Like, a full-on event. Food trays, decorations, catered, the works. He said she deserves it, and everyone will be there, and we can’t show up looking cheap. I told him no. Like, immediately.”
She wasn’t willing to sell something so sentimental just to fund his mom’s ‘bougie’ birthday party. She responded to her husband that the necklace was the only piece of her grandma that she has left, and she won’t consider selling it under any circumstances.
Her husband acted like she had hit him or something; he was that insulted over her refusal to part with the necklace.
He accused her of being self-centered and claimed the necklace was simply a piece of jewelry, while his mom had given them so much, so she deserves a nice party.
The issue is that she does not understand why she’s the one who has to make a sacrifice when her husband could easily do it.
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Her husband has a collection of sneakers and a PlayStation he could part with to come up with the cash, so in her opinion, he should do that instead of coming to her.
“Why’s it always my stuff, my peace, my boundaries on the line? And now? He’s barely talking to me. Just sulking around, saying things under his breath like, ‘Guess we’ll just be the embarrassing ones at the party,'” she continued.
“I feel like I’m being punished for holding onto something that matters to me. Something that isn’t even about money. It’s about her. But now I’m starting to question myself.”
“Was I wrong? Was it that big of a deal to just let go of the necklace for one night of ‘family unity?’ I don’t know anymore.”
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