Vietnamese couple ends four-year cohabitation with parents over in‑law dispute

A husband and wife lived together with the husband's parents for four years, sharing a home and raising their three‑year‑old daughter. The arrangement, intended to save money and provide childcare, broke down when the mother‑in‑law called the wife's family to discuss the wife's behavior, which the wife perceived as a serious insult. Feeling unsupported and repeatedly asked to overlook family interference, the wife decided to leave the shared home.

In a separate but related family narrative, a 62‑year‑old mother describes her son‑in‑law's habit of avoiding meals at her house when he visits from the city. After repeatedly declining to eat with her, he finally apologizes, explaining that his avoidance was not due to dislike but other personal reasons.