Every year, Emily and her mother-in-law share a birthday — and every year, Emily’s husband Jake showers his mom with extravagant gifts while giving Emily cheap, thoughtless ones. The final straw comes when his mother opens a $2,000 TV and Emily unwraps… a frying pan. Humiliated but calm, Emily hatches a plan. She sells the expensive TV, uses the money to book herself a solo trip
to Hawaii, and reveals everything during a family breakfast — calling out Jake’s favoritism in front of everyone. She leaves him stunned, embarrassed, and panicking while she goes on her trip. When she returns, Jake has moved out. Emily packs up all his past “gifts” and drops them at his mother’s house. Finally free, she realizes she’s done being treated like an afterthought — nothing sticks to her anymore, not even their toxicity.
