09/21/2025
I inherited our family home after my dad passed. My mom and brother each got $10k. Mom was furious but couldn't do much and kept acting like it was her house.
For a whole year, I'd let Mom act like she still owned the place. It was easier than fighting... until everything changed one rainy May afternoon.
That day my brother and his wife moved in without asking. My mom let them in. Rude, messy, paid for nothing.
I told them to leave, but then my SIL announced she was pregnant and smirked, "GUESS WE WON'T BE MOVING OUT NOW."
They just laughed when I insisted again.
Well, the past months were hell. Mom enabled it and demanded I treat my SIL like a princess. She ate everything, even the birthday cupcakes my friend made me.
The breaking point came on a Thursday. I'd been up since dawn, rushing to finish a project for my business class before heading to my part-time job at the consultancy firm. I had no time for breakfast or to pack lunch.
My stomach growled painfully all day. By the time I got home at seven, I was light-headed with hunger.
I threw together a quick mushroom pasta with cream sauce—my dad's recipe. Just as I was about to serve myself, my phone buzzed with an urgent email from my professor.
"Just five minutes," I muttered, setting the steaming bowl on the counter and hurrying to the bathroom with my phone.
When I returned less than 10 minutes later, I stopped dead in my tracks. Gwen sat at the counter, my fork in her hand, already three-quarters through my dinner.
"GWEN? What are you doing?"
She didn't even look guilty. "I was hungry."
"I haven't eaten ALL DAY! That was MY dinner!"
Her face crumpled into immediate tears. "I'm pregnant! I needed to eat!"
"Then make your own damn food! You have hands! You're pregnant, not paralyzed! You're a grown-ass woman, not a raccoon."
Tyler and Mom rushed in, drawn by the commotion.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Tyler roared, putting his arm around his sobbing wife.
"She ate my dinner! I'm starving! I worked all day and—"
"Oh, boo-hoo!" he mocked. "Gwen is carrying your niece or nephew. She needs proper nutrition!"
"So do I!" I cried, tears of frustration welling in my eyes.
Mom stepped forward, her face twisted with anger. "You selfish girl. How dare you scream at a pregnant woman over food? Your father would be ashamed of you!"
"GET OUT!" Tyler yelled, pointing to the door. "GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE AND DON'T COME BACK UNTIL YOU CAN APOLOGIZE!" ⬇️