Hi everyone, I have been lurking here for quite a few months and see that this forum is really a great place to share. Overall i am happy with my life except for few things. I have been married for almost 10 yrs with a wonderful guy who supports me no matter what. I was happy with my housework arrangement until i heard my MIL talking to some relative in india over the phone. She was generally discussing about the life here in US. When the person on the other side asked her about housework she said," khaana toh main khud hi banati hoon, baaki yahan kaam karne wali toh affordable nahi hai, so (my name) does all the other housework." I was mighty offended by her statement. So i started noticing form that day onwards that MIL hardly cleans house or bathrooms etc. At the most, she cleans her room, BILs room and their bathroom thts it. Whenever i try to cook in the kitchen she would start competing. She finishes all the kitchen work before even i get any chance to enter kitchen. I am SAHM with two toddlers. She takes care of the kids while i do other housework but as soon as i plan of doing something in the kitchen, she would say that kids give her a hard time so you take care of them while i cook. I also donot give up on weekends as cooking is my passion, so DH takes care of kids while i cook things of my choice but i can clearly see that MIL is not happy with that. She wants total control of kitchen. Sometimes i wonder is that even worth fussing over? I do get a lot of time to spend with my kids with this arrangement but i realized that MIL thinks that rest of the housework is done by some aakmwali while cooking is done by her. I am confused.. Please help
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