新婚夫婦のヒトミとテツヤは義両親と同居を始めるが、義母の干渉や嫌味が続き、疲れていく。義母がヒトミの仕事のデータを消してしまい、ヒトミは同居をやめることを夫に伝える。仕事を終えた後、涙を流しながら義実家を出る決断をする。同居生活の居心地の悪さや義母との関係の悪化が描かれている。ヒトミの苦悩や決断が物語を進めていく。【第7話】へ続く。
Continuing from last time. I (Hitomi) am married to my husband Tetsuya, and we are newlyweds. It is not uncommon in the area where my husband lives for the eldest son to live with his parents. With various conditions in place, I decided to start living together with my husband, my in-laws, and myself – a family of four. Initially, my relationship with my mother-in-law was good, and I thought we could continue to live together with the right amount of distance between us. However, my mother-in-law started to get closer by offering to teach me how to cook and help out in the garden. I started to make it a point to clearly set boundaries with my mother-in-law. But she did not find this amusing and increased her interference in my life. When I shared the snide remarks made by my mother-in-law with my husband, he would scold her… This vicious cycle continued, and I gradually grew tired. And then, a major incident occurred.
Due to an approaching deadline for a big project, I had been working diligently early in the morning.
As I was in the middle of my work, with the computer music still playing, I went downstairs to make coffee. However, when I returned to the room, the music was inexplicably off. And there was my mother-in-law standing in front of the computer… I immediately had a bad feeling. I pushed past my fidgety mother-in-law and checked the screen, only to find out that the power had been turned off as I suspected. My heart raced with anxiety. As my mother-in-law stumbled after being pushed, she hit her arm against the wall.
When I turned the power back on, the data I had been working on since early morning was gone.
I kicked my mother-in-law out of the room. She protested banging on the door from outside, “Hey, we’re not done talking yet! Apologize for my injured arm!” But I had no time for that.
Since yesterday’s data was saved on the cloud, I had to start from scratch for today’s work, but I had no time to lament. I made frantic calls to various people, seeking help as I worked tirelessly to meet the deadline. With everyone’s assistance, I managed to deliver on time.
Living together in a strained relationship with my mother-in-law continued. Under the same roof, the discomfort of living with incompatible people made it impossible for me to relax in what should have been my own home. And finally, what I had feared would happen inevitably did.
My mother-in-law deleted my work data. She insists it was not intentional, but entering the room and touching the computer without permission was already a red flag. Although I also should have been saving my data more frequently… When I finished the delivery in desperation, tears naturally overflowed.
I can’t live in this house anymore. I contacted my husband and left my in-laws’ house, saying, “I can’t do this anymore.”
To be continued in Episode 7.
Original concept: Mamasuta Community Script: Watanabe Tae Illustration: Yoshida Editing: Ishii Misa