Thank You Mother-in-Law

Thank you mother-in-law: -

For taking my daughter to Tam Shui in the heavy rain, dragging her all around Tam Shui just to save you a few dollars.

For coming back late, so that you can ruin my Chinese Father's Day and making me not have dinner with my daughter on this special day.

For making me worried about where my daughter is whilst I was on my way home from work.

For not informing us of where you went with my daughter in the first place.

For making me miserable and unhappy on this special day.

For making Chien-yu to take me to an all-you-can-eat restuarant for dinner because she thought she could cheer me up, when actually I would have been happier eating a cheap bento at home with my daughter on this special day.

For making me go to the restuarant with Chien-yu and forcing me to see other families with their children on Father's Day, happily eating together while I sit there alone without my daughter Amelie.

For making me stressed and angry at the same time, raising my already high blood pressure.

For taking my daughter away as though she is some sort of prize, when in actual fact you don't even deserve to touch her.

For not making an effort to spend time with your mentally disabled son on the rare weekends he is in Taipei with you. You would rather let us deal with your son, feed him and entertain him.

For making our lives miserable since we step foot on this island.

For making me experience the feelings of hate to the point where I am physically sick.

For not having faith in your own daughter Chien-yu, my loving wife, who only wants to make it somewhere in this world. But your lack of encourage and constant put-downs makes her feel small and inadequate.

For giving Chien-yu feelings of shame whenever her family is mentioned.

For not taking an interest in Chien-yu's bad working day because I was too worked up about where my daughter is and whether she is OK.

For not admitting you are wrong when you are, indeed wrong and not accept responsibility for the things that go wrong. You just push it on to someone else and make it their problem or their fault.

Thank you mother-in-law, for nothing.

I really should make a trip to this bar in China mentioned in this article. Violence doesn't solve anything, but it sure as hell would make me feel better!