I Married into a ‘Perfect’ Family – at My MIL’s 60th Birthday Dinner, My Husband’s Aunt Hugged Me and Whispered, ‘You Have No Idea What They Did to the Last One’

My throat felt dry.

“So what happened?” I asked.

“She had a job she loved. Didn’t want kids right away.

Didn’t want to move closer here. She said, ‘Not yet.’ That was her mistake.”

“Saying no to your mother-in-law. After that, everything she did was wrong.”

She held my gaze.

“Your MIL went from sweet to surgical.”

“Surgical?” I whispered.

“Comments in front of people.

If she reacted, she was ’emotional.’ If she stayed quiet, she was ‘cold.’”

Her mouth twitched like it hurt.

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