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

Not in front of Susan.

She rolled her eyes.

"It's a joke."

"No," Thomas said. "It isn't."

"She's always so sensitive about this."

"You need to leave."

Thomas stepped around the table.

"You need to leave."

"Are you serious?"

"Yes."

Susan looked at me.

Then Matthew quietly put down his fork.

I hated that.

Like I had created the problem.

"I honestly thought you'd laugh."

I said nothing.

Then Matthew quietly put down his fork.

For years, every time Susan crossed a line, he had been the one smoothing it over.

That got my attention.

Matthew almost never got involved.

For years, every time Susan crossed a line, he had been the one smoothing it over.

"That's just how she is."

"She didn't mean it."

He was a kind man in most ways, but he treated Susan's behavior like weather.

"Let's not ruin the evening."

He was a kind man in most ways, but he treated Susan's behavior like weather.