Daughter-in-Law Said She's Not Spending Christmas With Me, So I Locked Every Bank Account... | St... — Transcript

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1. 0:00My daughter-in-law looked me straight in
2. 0:02the eyes and said, "We're not spending
3. 0:04Christmas with you this year. We've
4. 0:06decided to start our own traditions." I
5. 0:08smiled, "Take a sip of my tea." And
6. 0:10replied, "Cool. Then Christmas is canled
7. 0:12this year." She laughed. My son laughed,
8. 0:15too. But neither of them knew that the
9. 0:17woman they had just rejected was the
10. 0:19same woman paying their $8,000 monthly
11. 0:22mortgage, funding their expensive
12. 0:24holidays, and keeping their expensive
13. 0:26lifestyle alive. Before I tell you how I
14. 0:28turned your perfect Christmas into their
15. 0:30biggest financial nightmare, subscribe
16. 0:32to this channel right now. Also, tell me
17. 0:35where you watching from. Back to the
18. 0:37story. For 6 years, I had funded their
19. 0:40lifestyle. My son called it temporary
20. 0:42support. His wife called the family
21. 0:44responsibility, but I called it love.
22. 0:47But apparently, I wasn't good enough to
23. 0:49sit at their Christmas table anymore.
24. 0:51So, I went home, opened my laptop, and
25. 0:53made three phone calls. First, I
26. 0:56cancelled the Luxury Sky Resort booking
27. 0:58I simply paid for. Then I withdrew my
28. 1:00offer to fund their kitchen renovation.
29. 1:03Finally, I contacted my financial
30. 1:05advisor and terminated the monthly
31. 1:07allowance I've been sending them. But I
32. 1:09wasn't finished. For 3 years, I'd also
33. 1:11be paying the lease on a beautiful
34. 1:13vacation home they probably call their
35. 1:15family retreat. The property was
36. 1:17actually mine and their names were only
37. 1:19listed as authorized guests. I
38. 1:21instructed my lawyer to revoke their
39. 1:23access. Christmas morning arrived at
40. 1:269:00 a.m. My phone exploded. My
41. 1:28daughter-in-law was furious. Their
42. 1:30holiday booking had been cancelled.
43. 1:32Their monthly allowance hadn't arrived
44. 1:34and the property manager had informed
45. 1:36them they could no longer use the
46. 1:37vacation house. Then came the message
47. 1:39that made me laugh. How could you do
48. 1:41this to your own family? I replied, I
49. 1:45didn't cancel Christmas. I simply
50. 1:47stopped paying for a celebration I
51. 1:48wasn't invited to. My son called me
52. 1:51immediately, begging me to reconsider.
53. 1:53But the biggest surprise came 2 days
54. 1:55later. My lawyer informed them that I
55. 1:57had established a $2 million inheritance
56. 1:59trust for my grandchildren with one
57. 2:01condition. Their parents would never
58. 2:03control the money. My daughter-in-law
59. 2:05suddenly wanted Christmas dinner with me
60. 2:07after all. But I politely declined. And
61. 2:10when my son asked if things could ever
62. 2:11go back to normal, I gave him one final
63. 2:14answer. Of course, sweetheart, you can
64. 2:16start by learning the difference between
65. 2:18having a mother and having an ATM. And
66. 2:20for the first time in six years, I spent
67. 2:22Christmas in peace. I didn't spend a
68. 2:25single dollar buying their love. If you
69. 2:28enjoy this story, subscribe right now
70. 2:30because sometimes the sweetest Christmas
71. 2:32gift isn't under the tree. Is watching
72. 2:34people discover that the bank of mom has
73. 2:36officially closed. Also, tell me what
74. 2:38part of the story did you love the most.
75. 2:40Do well to also like and share. Bye for
76. 2:43now. See you next time.