How many different stories there are in real life about relationships between relatives. It would seem that consanguinity is what brings people together like nothing else. But it turns out that sometimes there are situations when it is the relatives who become the strangers in the world. It's a shame, it's unpleasant, but what can you do about it?
Varvara would never have thought that there would be so many misfortunes in her life. She was a happy wife and mother. The spouses worked, did not show off, but no one needed anything. And then everything collapsed abruptly. Yaroslav, Varya's husband, got into a car accident and died. The feeling of hopelessness, loneliness and duty ate up Varvara. Why debt? Because five years before the death of the spouse, the family took a large loan and bought an apartment. Now this loan had to be paid to the poor woman. It's one thing when there are two salaries, but when there is one, it's already hard.
Varvara paid the loan, and also paid for her daughter's studies at the institute, supplied her with food, gave money to her pocket. It was hard, but bearable. Varya even had no time to grieve about the death of her husband, because she had to survive in a difficult time. Only at night she cried into the pillow, talked with her late husband, reviewed the photos he shared with him. At that time, no one was particularly concerned about Varya's relatives. Everyone was busy with their own business. Parents immediately disowned, saying that they could not help in any way, they could live for themselves, although Varya did not ask them for anything. The daughter did not seem to understand that the budget was almost halved, and she was drawing money from her mother, now for one thing, then for another.
Somehow I managed to wean my daughter. But after a short time she said that she was getting married, and she needed money for the wedding. The daughter wanted a magnificent wedding, many guests, a white dress, and demanded money for all this from her mother. But Varvara told her that she had a loan and that she simply would not be able to get another one. Then the daughter began to cry, just beat in hysterics, repeating that if the father had not died then, he would now do everything for the happiness of his beloved daughter.
Varvara was greatly upset by her daughter's words, and she decided on another loan. She thought it was not her daughter's fault that her mother was in trouble. And then the wedding, such a bright and memorable day in the life of every woman!
And then the times came even worse. For two whole years, Varvara paid off loans. Her salary was just enough for this, a communal apartment and pasta. And the daughter, after she got married, was no longer interested in the life of her mother, she was improving her relationship, lived for her own pleasure, and did not even call her relative. Varya did not even have the strength to cry from her despair, she felt so small and helpless that she wanted to disappear completely. She amused herself as best she could. Mostly TV, internet and walking after work in the park.
And somehow Varya decided just for fun to buy a lottery ticket. Well, I wonder if something will win. The ticket was inexpensive, why not try your luck. What a surprise the woman was when she won a huge amount of money! She just couldn't believe it. All the winnings were enough to fully repay the loans. And there was still a small amount left, and Varya decided to arrange a vacation for herself, which she had long deserved. She worked so many years and did not rest, so much malnourished and lack of sleep, she deserved it.
Do you know how her parents and daughter reacted to this? They threw a scandal, and do not want to communicate with the woman anymore. The daughter was offended, the parents also did not understand why Varya, instead of buying her daughter an apartment, paid off the loans, and even got ready to rest. I could help the child, and would pay off her loans on the sly.
And in general, no one cares about the fact that in recent years Varvara really had to survive. No one thought that her every day was like the previous one. No one even tried to understand that Varya's health had become terrible. No one gave a damn that it was just hard for her to live, she had neither health nor strength to work and almost nothing.
Such are the relatives, such a family, such gratitude ...
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