Our honeymoon in Florida was supposed to be two weeks of soft mornings, ocean breezes, and candlelit dinners. I\u2019d packed everything\u2014silk nightgown, sunscreen, a romance novel.<\/p>\n
Instead, my MIL, Giselle, showed up unannounced on the second morning, claiming she was there to \u201crelax with us.\u201d She followed us everywhere\u2014breakfasts, beach walks, even the pool\u2014criticizing me constantly and calling me \u201cthe worst match for her son.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n When she finally \u201cbroke her leg\u201d getting into a taxi, she turned our honeymoon into a month of serving her every whim. She rang her little bell like royalty, demanded lotions and pillows, and tried to turn Brian against me.<\/p>\n Then karma struck.<\/p>\n The hotel sent a nurse to check her injury. Giselle stood on her supposedly broken leg<\/strong> without flinching. Later, family caught her moving around light-footed, claiming she was \u201chealing.\u201d She had been faking it the whole time.<\/p>\n Finally, I told her, \u201cYou\u2019ve got two working legs. Do it yourself.\u201d<\/strong> Brian backed me up, and she left\u2014silent, humiliated, and never returning.<\/p>\n At last, it was just Brian and me, and I could finally breathe. Peace at last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our honeymoon in Florida was supposed to be two weeks of soft mornings, ocean breezes, and candlelit dinners. I\u2019d packed everything\u2014silk nightgown, sunscreen, a romance […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8113,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions\/8113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}