The Mother-in-Law's Obedience Test

The company distributed a box of oranges, so sour they could make your teeth ache.

My pregnant coworker loved them, so I handed them over without hesitation.

When my mother-in-law heard about this, she stormed into the company and made a scene, demanding my coworker return the oranges.

Shaking with anger, I asked her, "Don't I have the right to give away my own things anymore?"

She sneered, "You belong to our family now, let alone your possessions!"

Suddenly, it dawned on me. I had treated them as family, but they saw me as a slave. It seemed some accounts needed to be settled.