On the first day, my mother-in-law smiled and humiliated me: “In this house you will eat the leftovers”; I didn’t raise my voice, I just obeyed every word until she had to cook alone for the whole family, and then everyone understood that the black notebook hid something much darker.
side would use money to control the other, and we would hire help for deep cleaning.
The third point distributed household tasks evenly, meaning Colin would buy the groceries some days, I would cook when I had time, and Mrs. Tabitha would help with recipes if she wanted, but no one would order like a boss or serve like a slave.