"Two years ago, my mother-in-law took our card box and gift box home from our wedding. In our culture, people often give gifts of either gold or money. We had 600 people at the wedding and should have technically had an average of $100 per person, including the thousands our grandparents and extended family gave. Apparently, she took it home and didn't let us open it, saying, 'It's not safe at a hotel.'"
"BUT we never knew if she took anything because she gave us the boxes back after our honeymoon. So, who knew what was missing or not, other than us assuming, because we didn't even have one-eighth of what we expected. I recently visited them with my husband (we don't live in the same country), and my father-in-law, who is now divorcing my mother-in-law, told my youngest sibling-in-law, 'Your mom took all of your brother's gold and monetary gifts from his wedding.'"
Two years ago the mother-in-law took the couple's card and gift boxes from their wedding and kept them, saying the hotel was unsafe. The couple expected significant monetary and gold gifts from about 600 guests but received roughly one-eighth of that amount. The husband realized the prediction was correct and was emotionally affected. After returning boxes post-honeymoon, the couple lacked proof of amounts. During a later visit the father-in-law, amid divorce, told a younger sibling that the mother had taken all of the son's wedding gifts. The narrator later discovered money had also been taken from their son's birthday, and felt relieved by the confirmation.
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