My mother in law criticized my parenting. My father in law made a joke about my weight. My husband stared at his plate like maybe the mashed potatoes would defend me.

I sat there for forty five minutes trying to be polite.

Then she said my daughter would behave better if I was more consistent, and something in my brain just went nope.

I stood up, grabbed my purse and left. No goodbye. No fake smile. Nothing.

My husband stayed another hour and says I embarrassed him.

Interesting, because nobody seemed worried about embarrassing me.

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My mother in law showed up with a chocolate sheet cake from the grocery store because “kids expect chocolate.” My kid does not. She asked for strawberry. We discussed it for weeks.

Then MIL put her cake right in the middle of the table and moved mine to the side.

I moved it back.

She moved hers forward again.

We basically had a silent cake war in front of twelve children and a bowl of melting ice cream.

At the end I sent her whole cake home with her unopened. She called me ungrateful.

Was that petty? Yes. Do I regret it? Not really.

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My mother in law walked in carrying a covered plate. Not a side dish. Not something to share. Her own dinner.

She sat down with everyone else, uncovered grilled chicken and rice, and said she had not known what I would be serving. We have eaten Thanksgiving together for nine years.

She does not have allergies. She did not tell me ahead of time. She just packed a backup meal in case mine disappointed her.

I smiled because there were witnesses. Am I being petty, or was that rude?

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