My Husband Forced My Mom to Sleep on a Mattress in the Hallway While She Was Undergoing Chemo – So I Had to Teach Him a Lesson

Fine. But don’t expect me to sacrifice my life for her. I won’t.”

I felt the fury rise inside me, hotter than anything I’d ever felt before.

“Sacrifice your life?” I said. “Daniel, all you had to do was give her a bed. A roof.

Basic respect. And you couldn’t even manage that. She has cancer, and you forced her to sleep on the floor like she was nothing.”

“If you choose her, don’t expect me to stick around.

I’m not going to live in a house where your mother comes before your husband.”

At that point, I stared at him and realized that the man I thought I knew was actually a very selfish person. “Then maybe this isn’t your house anymore,” I told him. “Because if I have to choose between my husband and my mother, I’ll choose the woman who raised me, loved me, and never once treated me like a burden.”

Daniel’s face darkened, and his mouth opened as if he’d hurl another insult, but I didn’t give him the chance.

I stood up and pointed to the door. “Get out,” I said. “You don’t get to stay here.

Not after this. Not after what you’ve shown me today.”

He scoffed, grabbed his keys off the counter, and muttered something under his breath as he stormed out. Once he left, I sank onto the couch and cried like a baby.Continue reading…