My boyfriend and I had been together for three years, but his mother never seemed willing to respect me.<\/p>\n
At first, she repeatedly called me by his ex-girlfriend\u2019s name. Whenever I corrected her, she laughed and claimed it was an innocent mistake.<\/p>\n
Then she began calling me Janet.<\/p>\n
My name is Jenny, and there was no Janet in the family. I knew she was doing it deliberately, but my boyfriend kept insisting that his mother was simply forgetful.<\/p>\n
A few weeks before Thanksgiving, she smiled across the table and said, \u201cWhy don\u2019t we let Janet make the turkey this year?\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
I forced a smile and replied, \u201cThat\u2019s a wonderful idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Thanksgiving, I arrived carrying a large covered dish. His mother looked delighted, clearly expecting me to embarrass myself.<\/p>\n
When she lifted the cover, she didn\u2019t find a turkey.<\/p>\n
Inside was a framed collection of screenshots from messages she had sent to my boyfriend\u2019s ex. In them, she called me \u201cJanet\u201d as a private joke and repeatedly begged the ex to return before her son proposed to me.<\/p>\n
The room went silent.<\/p>\n
She began yelling that I had humiliated her, but my boyfriend kept reading. His expression changed as he finally realized that her \u201cmistakes\u201d had always been intentional.<\/p>\n
He demanded that she apologize.<\/p>\n
She refused, so we left together.<\/p>\n
Dinner was ruined, but after three years, my boyfriend finally stopped defending the woman who had been quietly trying to destroy our relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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