Our marriage was only six months old when my mother-in-law visited us and stayed the night. I was on my best behavior, trying to make her stay comfortable. I cooked her favorite meal as my husband requested. He even told me how she liked her light soup, and I did just that. The next day, she left.

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She didn’t show any sign of unhappiness or that she held a grudge about something. The following Sunday, she visited our house carrying frozen soup in her bag. She left the soup in the fridge and went away the same day. The next Sunday, another soup, another stew, and another soup.

I asked my husband what was going on, and he said nothing was really going on. It was just his mom being his mom. The part I don’t understand now is how my husband doesn’t touch my food once his mother’s food arrives. He would cook rice and eat his mother’s stew with it. I would prepare fufu, and he would eat it with his mother’s soup.

I had no problem with that, but I wanted to understand why. I wanted to know if I was cooking rubbish so I would know what to change. My husband keeps telling me it’s his mom being his mom, yet he eats her food eagerly and ignores mine. If his mom is just being his mom, then he’s also just being her son while brushing me aside without explanation.

We’ve been married for a year now. Not a single Sunday passes without my mother-in-law bringing soup to our house. When she’s not able to come, she sends someone to deliver it.

Should I be alarmed? Should I confront my mother-in-law and ask for an explanation?

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My husband was eating my food just fine in the first six months of our marriage, before his mom visited. Right after she came and left, my husband developed an appetite only for his mom’s food. Am I being treated fairly here?

I will read the comments with my husband, so please make it a little less spicy.

—Trudy  

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