From the moment I married Jake, his mother Sharon made it clear I wasn’t the daughter-in-law she wanted. Her passive-aggressive remarks about my appearance came disguised as “concern,” but I let it go — mostly for Jake’s sake. When I got pregnant, Sharon suddenly became very involved. She insisted on throwing us a “small” gender…
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