My Daughter-in-Law Didn’t Invite Me to the Family Thanksgiving Dinner She’s Hosting

When Julie gets uninvited to Thanksgiving dinner by her daughter-in-law due to their rocky relationship, she takes matters into her own hands by hosting her own dinner. But sparks fly when Kayla starts messaging her mother-in-law, letting her know exactly how she feels about the older woman…

I never imagined that Thanksgiving could turn into such a major disaster. Family holidays are supposed to bring people together, right?

That’s what I thought, but this year was different. Very different.

To give you some background, my relationship with my daughter-in-law, Kayla, has been rocky from day one. I wish I could say that we got off on the wrong foot, but I don’t think there was ever a “right” foot for us.

Tension has been simmering for years. Kayla has been quite a force to reckon with, but I thought that she would calm down once she got into the family proper. That wasn’t the case. Especially this past Thanksgiving, when everything boiled over.

My son, Caleb, met Kayla back in college at a bar.

It wasn’t quite the relationship that I wanted for my son, and they had a bit of a… complicated relationship. They dated for two months, broke up, then became friends with benefits. Look, I understand that they were both young and wanted to explore.

But, wouldn’t you want to have more respect for yourself?

Eventually, their escapades got Kayla pregnant.

“But I don’t even know if the baby is mine,” Caleb confessed when he first told me.

I wasn’t proud of it, but there was just something off about Kayla. And honestly, I didn’t know if she was seeing other people.

“Get a paternity test, Caleb,” I told him while making him something to eat. “It’s not ideal, I know. But wouldn’t you rather know the truth before getting involved in a pregnancy with Kayla?”

“Wouldn’t she be upset about it?” he asked me nervously.