Tommorow is my neighbors 60th birthday and her daughter in law, who is at her mother's place for a vacation called me to ask my neighbors schedule so that she can plan a surprise. I was awed by her love for her mother in law. As I kept giving her the information about their schedule, she told me that she cannot miss this one because last year it had been a issue. I couldn't resist, but asked her what it was about.
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Last year, the daughter in law happened to forget her mother in law's birthday and the entire year she was reprimanded for that. This year when she planned a surprise, the mother in law taunted her saying last year it was not celebrated and she doesn't want a celebration this year too.
The daughter in law was disappointed by her mother in law's behavior, but still decided that she would celebrate it and finish it off rather than waste another year listening to the rant. I guess, too much expectations on the mother in law's part is wrong. The reasoning was that the mother in law celebrates her daughter in laws birthday with much grandeur every year, is it required? Did she ask for it? Then why are you doing it.
Now the daughter in law is trapped and is forced to celebrate her mother in law's birthday, just because she accepted gifts from her on her birthday. 馃槀
