Help! My Mother-in-Law Accused Me of Serving a Store-Bought Dinner. Then I Threatened to Share Her Little Secret.
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My mother-in-law "Sheila" sometimes has issues with relinquishing control and respecting boundaries. Her recent comments about a store-bought meal left me humiliated after my hard work.
It struck me that my mother-in-law had been buying her pies from a bakery for years—decades, even—while passing them off as her own creations.
When dessert time rolled around, I carefully cut a slice of her pie and asked her about her "secret" family recipe, letting my frustration show.
Now I'm left in a bind. Do I let this go and risk another passive-aggressive showdown next holiday season, or do I expose her decades-long deception?
Read at Slate Magazine
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