In recent days, gold prices have continuously hit new peaks, causing many gold investors to unexpectedly make big profits.
More than a year ago, after getting married, my husband and I sent our 4 wedding gold trees to our mother-in-law to keep, hoping that it would be a savings to help the couple build a future life.
At that time, the gold price was only about 67 - 68 million VND/tael, equivalent to the total value of 4 taels of gold at about 270 million VND.
However, recently, when the price of gold increased sharply, at times exceeding the 100 million VND/tael mark, I decided to demand the gold to sell.
After many urging, her mother-in-law finally agreed to sell gold and earned more than 400 million VND - an amount nearly one and a half times higher than at first.
However, instead of receiving the entire amount from the 4 taels of gold sold, that evening, the mother-in-law held a family meeting and only gave me and my husband more than 200 million VND - exactly the amount of 4 taels of gold worth at the time of the year before.
When I wondered about the difference, she explained: "When I left out so much gold, now I receive it back at the right value at that time. The rest will be spent taking care of her younger brother-in-law's marriage."
I am very upset with this division, because that gold belongs to the couple. We plan to use the money from selling gold to invest in business and create a future. However, my husband is the eldest child, so his mother-in-law thought that he had the responsibility to support his younger brother was obvious.
The two sides arose a tense conflict, I sadly left to my mother's house because I felt my husband was too listen to me.
Although he promised to convince her to return the remaining amount, after a few days, I still haven't seen any movement from my husband's family. The prolonged silence made me increasingly impatient, not knowing how to get the legitimate amount of money belonging to my wife and I.
