My MIL Gave Me a Necklace Made of Tiny Baby Bottles and Pacifiers Knowing I Couldn't Have Children – What My FIL Did Next Silenced the Room

Thomas understood.

She knew about the failed transfers, the medication, the specialist, all of it.

His mother did not.

Susan knew everything.

Not some vague version.

Everything.

Susan had a talent for making cruelty sound almost conversational.

She knew about the failed transfers, the medication, the specialist, all of it.

And somehow, that made her more comfortable making jokes.

Susan had a talent for making cruelty sound almost conversational.

If a cousin announced a pregnancy, Susan would glance at me.

"Some women are just luckier than others."

At Christmas, she once handed me wine and laughed.

Thomas snapped at her immediately.

"At least you never have to give this up for nine months."

Thomas snapped at her immediately.

"Mom. Stop."

Susan rolled her eyes.

"Oh, relax. She knows I don't mean anything by it."

She said them because she believed calling something a joke erased the damage.

I did know.