Scolded by Mother-in-law for Transferring $5,000 to Mom

My sister-in-law transferred a thousand dollars to my mother-in-law, who was so pleased that she posted it on her Instagram.

The caption was sarcastic. [Only biological daughters would think of their old mother like me.]

I liked her post and commented. [Mom's right.]

Then I immediately shared a screenshot of the 5,000 dollars I had just transferred to my own mom.

The caption counterattacked. [Daughters should definitely show filial piety to their mothers with the money they earn.]

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On the way to pick up the child.

Another mom walking with me looked at her phone and exclaimed, "Ava, look at your mother-in-law's new post!"

It was a screenshot showing a transfer labeled Beloved Daughter with a full 1,000 dollars.

The caption from my mother-in-law. [Only biological daughter would think of her mother.]

She was the leader of the square dance group and had everyone in the neighborhood on her WhatsApp.

Clearly, this was aimed at telling everyone I, her daughter-in-law, was unfilial.

Sure enough, the comments below were barely holding back from calling me out by name.

[Lane, I told you back then to let your son marry my niece. He is down-to-earth and takes care of the family, unlike the current one.]

[Daughters are better after all. Once sons marry, they forget about their mothers.]

[Your daughter-in-law still thinks about you after getting married. You are blessed.]

[Why is your daughter-in-law not filial? She doesn't even give 1,000 dollars.]

[Tsk tsk, indeed daughter-in-law is a stranger who can't be fed. ]

……

Seems like she wanted the entire neighborhood to criticize me.

Every holiday, I give her either gold bracelets or necklaces, along with generous red envelopes.

I even provided her a monthly living allowance.

Yet to her, I was still this awful sinner.

Anger surged within me, but then I took a deep breath and calmed down.

I needed to come up with a way to deal with her.

If she could post, so could I.

I immediately transferred 5,000 dollars to my mom.

She was puzzled, so I quickly sent her a screenshot of my mother-in-law's post.

My mom got it instantly and replied, "Only a real daughter would think of her old mom."

A quick three-finger swipe and I had a screenshot of the transfer page.

I then posted it on my Instagram, two images.

One was the screenshot of the transfer, and the other was my mother's reply.

I captioned it. [Mother-in-law is right; of course, a daughter should always take good care of her mother.]