A thrice-divorced man frequently poked fun at his fourth wife while she was on maternity leave. But one day, he landed in hot water after she met his ex-wives and returned home with an ultimatum to teach him a lesson.
“Go tell your wife…I always see her cuddling the baby, and she hasn’t cooked anything,” Steve’s mom Alice grumbled as usual.
Steve had married Margaret a year ago. It was his fourth marriage following his third divorce. And it was Margaret’s first marriage and first entry into motherhood, so she had a hard time with her baby-tending duties.
“Even robots do more work than you do!” Steve taunted her on the first week of her maternity leave. “Don’t just stand there…who will polish my shoes?”
Margaret was a consultant in a private firm. She had taken maternity leave to take care of their newborn. But to Alice and Steve, that maternity break seemed like a golden chance to make the young mother do more work…
Margaret was on maternity break. | Source: Unsplash
“Margaret? Didn’t you press my suit? I told you to get it done, didn’t I?” Steve yelled from their bedroom. “Come here and do it quickly!”
Margaret was feeding her baby, but that didn’t matter to Steve. All he wanted was to get only his work done. And then Alice chimed in.
“Your wife! She thinks she’s a royal! I have never seen a lazybones like her.”
Poor Margaret put her baby in the nursery and did all the work as much as she could. Moments later, she heard her baby crying and rushed to her room.
But Alice blocked her way, showing her the shopping bag. “We are out of milk and vegetables…Go to the store now before it gets crowded.”
Steve & his mom often poked fun at Margaret. | Source: Pexels
Margaret looked at the woman, hoping she would understand that it was time to feed the bawling baby. “I think Cody is hungry…I don’t think I’ll be able to go to the store now,” she said.
Her reply got on Alice’s nerves. But the old woman knew how to take it out on her. “I thought a walk to the store daily would help you lose all that extra weight you gained after delivery…Oh my goodness, just look at how fat you’ve become!”
Margaret turned a deaf ear to Alice’s taunts. That’s when Steve joined, adding insult to her injury.
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