My FIL (68M) has always made nasty little \u201cjokes\u201d at my MIL\u2019s expense. At their house, I usually kept my mouth shut, thinking it wasn\u2019t my place to step in. But last night, at our house, he crossed a line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We were all sitting down to dinner, my kids (10F, 7M) were right there at the table, when my FIL smirked and called my MIL (65F) \u201cuseless,\u201d then said, \u201cShe\u2019s more trouble than she\u2019s worth\u2026 always in the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I shoved my chair back, ready to say something, but before I could, my MIL looked him dead in the eye and said, \u201cSay that again, and I\u2019ll tell them what you did in 1998.\u201d Everyone went quiet. My FIL didn\u2019t back down. He muttered, \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t dare.\u201d That\u2019s when my MIL calmly said he had cheated on her with her best friend while she was pregnant with their youngest child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On top of that, he drained part of their savings to \u201chelp\u201d this woman, leaving my MIL to secretly take out a loan to keep the household afloat for almost a year. My husband (38M) was stunned. He just sat there, staring at his mom, then his dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I quickly told the kids to go play in the living room before things got worse. What shook me most was my FIL\u2019s reaction. He didn\u2019t deny it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He just stood up, muttered something under his breath, grabbed his coat, and left. No apology. No explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing. My MIL sat at the table, tears running down her face, but she also looked kinda lighter, if you know what I mean. She told us she had been carrying that secret for decades and wasn\u2019t going to let him humiliate her in front of her grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After they left, my husband admitted he\u2019d always had suspicions, but never knew the truth. Now he\u2019s furious, but at the same time torn, saying, \u201cHe\u2019s still my dad.\u201d He doesn\u2019t know whether to go low-contact, no-contact, or just keep the peace. I\u2019m protective of my MIL and furious on her behalf, but I also don\u2019t want my kids around someone who thinks it\u2019s okay to call their grandmother \u201ctrash\u201d at the dinner table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Would it be wrong if I told my husband I don\u2019t ever want his dad in our house again? Source: brightside.me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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