If My Mother Can’t Live With Us, I’m Filing for Divorce!” And He Did Just That…

“If your mum doesnt live with us, Im filing for divorce!” And he did

“If you dont let my mum stay with usI want a divorce.” And he meant it

A man who swears love and loyalty can turn into a stranger in an instant. Especially when youre forced to choosekeep your family together or save yourself from utter ruin. Ive been there.

When I married Oliver, we didnt have our own place. We lived with his parentsa cramped two-bed flat, but we managed. Until one day, his stepdad came home and found his mum, Margaret, with another man. Some smooth-talking bloke with a flashy grin, spinning her tales of “new horizons” and “streets paved with gold.” But there was a catch: “Sell the flat. Were moving to another citystarting fresh.”

We tried to talk sense into her: “Hes conning you. Youll end up with nothing.” But she just scoffed: “Youre just jealous. Keep your noses out.”

A week later, we were on the street with our baby in my arms. Flat sold, uskicked out. Oliver took on two jobs, I was on maternity leave, writing essays for cash late at night. We barely scraped together rent, but we pushed throughfor our future.

We wanted a mortgage, but fate handed us a break: my aunt passed, childless, leaving me a flat in another town. Spacious, airy, windows overlooking a garden. With our savings, we fixed it up. For the first time in ages, I could breathe.

But peace didnt last.

One evening, washing dishes after dinner, someone knocked. There stood Margaretface puffy, eyes like a whipped dog. “Love Oliver he threw me out. Lost everything. Just a suitcase left. Please help me.”

Oliver and I locked eyes. I watched his face soften. He pulled her in, sat her at the kitchen table, poured her tea. And me? Just stood there, aching, numb. Id warned her, begged her not to be reckless. Not only did she ignore usshe tossed us out when we were already struggling.

Oliver turned to me: “She cant be on her own. We cant leave her. Shes my mum.”

I pressed my lips tight: “She dumped us like rubbish. And now you want her here? In *this* flat? Where weve just started to live again?”

Margaret whimpered: “Oliver, I cant sleep rough Please Ive learnt my lesson”

Then came the words that split me in two: “If you dont let Mum stayI want a divorce.”

The room spun. I answered quiet, steady, though my heart was bleeding: “Then divorce it is. Because I wont live with someone who makes our love conditional.”