The morning after our wedding, I was exhausted but excited.<\/p>\n
My husband, Daniel, and I had planned ten quiet days at a resort in Florida. After months of wedding stress, I wanted nothing more than to relax with him.<\/p>\n
Then, halfway to the airport, Daniel turned onto a familiar street.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are we going?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo Mom\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed, thinking he had forgotten something there.<\/p>\n
Then he said, \u201cShe\u2019s coming with us.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought he was joking.<\/p>\n
He wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Apparently, his mother, Carol, had complained that she had never been to the beach resort we booked. Daniel felt bad and changed the reservation so she could join us.<\/p>\n
Without telling me.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019ll have her own room,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re always so understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sentence made me even angrier.<\/p>\n
When we arrived at Carol\u2019s house, Daniel got out to load her luggage.<\/p>\n
I stayed in the car.<\/p>\n
Then I opened the airline app.<\/p>\n
Our tickets were refundable.<\/p>\n
So was my portion of the hotel reservation.<\/p>\n
I canceled my flight, booked myself into a small spa hotel two hours away, and ordered a rideshare.<\/p>\n
When Daniel returned, he stared at the empty passenger seat.<\/p>\n
I called him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou two enjoy your vacation,\u201d I said. \u201cI\u2019m taking my honeymoon by myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
He couldn\u2019t believe I was serious.<\/p>\n
Carol apparently got angry too.<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t change my mind.<\/p>\n
For four days, I slept late, ordered room service, read by the pool, and ignored my phone.<\/p>\n
Daniel came home early.<\/p>\n
And when we finally talked, I told him the real problem wasn\u2019t his mother.<\/p>\n
It was that he had made a major decision about our marriage assuming I would simply accept it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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