Karen ended up living with her husband's parents, but her mother-in-law's attitude was always cold and harsh. The mother-in-law doted on her son excessively and clearly resented Karen as a daughter-in-law. Wanting to force them into divorce, she refused to speak to Karen day after day. Karen endured her mother-in-law's verbal abuse and bullying, silently suffering for the sake of her husband—until her stress finally reached its limit.