When my mother-in-law told me I wasn’t “family enough” to be in last year’s Christmas photos, I bit my tongue. This year, though, I had a plan, and let’s just say, it had her storming into my house just days before Christmas.
If my mother-in-law, Ellen, ever wrote a book, it could be called “How to Get Rid of Your Daughter-in-Law in Ten Easy Steps.” Honestly, it’d probably hit all the bestseller lists because I know so many people who’ve dealt with in-law trouble.
Angry woman in her 60s in a living room with a Christmas tree | Source: Midjourney
I’ve been struggling with my mother-in-law’s attitude long enough to know that she gets off on this. When Peter and I started dating, Ellen treated me like I was just passing through, like some temporary fixture in her son’s life.