MY HUSBAND MOVED HIS MOM AND NEPHEW INTO MY HOUSE BEHIND MY BACK. WHEN I OBJECTED, MY MIL CROSSED A SERIOUS LINE: “DON’T LIKE IT? GET OUT!” I SAID, “FINE, JUST WAIT.”

back on his feet.”

“For how long?”

Diane folded her arms. “As long as necessary.”

I stared at my husband. “You made a permanent decision about my home while I was gone.”

“Our home,” Eric corrected.

That was when I said quietly, “Actually, Eric, we should discuss that.”

Diane stepped closer. “Oh, stop acting important. You married my son. Everything you have is half his now.”

“No,” I said. “It isn’t.”

Her expression hardened. “Excuse me?”

“I said they need to leave.”

The slap came immediately.

Eric flinched but did