My Mother-in-Law’s Ultimatum: “Have a Son—or Leave”

I was 33, days away from giving birth, and living in my in-laws’ house with three little girls when my mother-in-law finally said the quiet part out loud.

She looked me dead in the eye and told me that if this baby wasn’t a boy, I could take my daughters and “go back where I came from.”

What hurt more than her words was my husband’s reaction.