When times are tough, it’s natural for a daughter to want to help her mother, especially when she knows her mother would do the same for her. This is exactly what Nessa is experiencing. She wishes to extend her home to her sorrowful mother, but her husband has laid down a condition that complicates the matter.

Here is Nessa’s heartfelt letter, in which she shares her dilemma:

“Mom is very sad and lonely because her dad died not long ago. I told her she could live with us and be with her grandchildren to feel better. For a while, my husband said no, but then he agreed on one condition – she has to pay our rent. I was mad because we own the house and don’t have any rent to pay.

‘Your mother is a leech,’ he said with a smirk. ‘She won’t leave once she moves in with us. It doesn’t make sense for her to get everything for free. She will eat our food and use our electricity. This house is not a hotel; she needs to know that!’

I was very angry. We bought this house together, so we both have equal rights to it. It doesn’t make sense for me to just ask my mom to pay us money.

Still, I have to say that my husband isn’t a bad person. He and his mom never got along. He told me the other night, ‘Your mom has hated me ever since I met her.’ I don’t think she should live with me right now.

I find myself torn between my husband and my mother, who needs my support right now as her only daughter. What should I do?

Yours, Nessa.”