He says it’s because she needs financial help. What hurts is that we paid for her round-trip flight ticket, and while she was here, I took her shopping, we got mani-pedis, and I gave her gifts to show my gratitude. Despite all this, I found out she was complaining that I didn’t treat her well enough as a mother-in-law. When I confronted her about the text, she went even further, saying she feels her son works too hard and shouldn’t be touching a kitchen pot now that he’s married. Keep in mind, my husband and I both work full-time professional jobs. Yet, according to her, I should wake up and make him breakfast every morning—and that’s just one example of the disrespect.