My MIL Demanded a Boy, My Husband Insisted on a Girl, So I Threw a Baby Shower They’ll Never Forget — Story of the Day
After years of struggling to conceive, I was overjoyed to discover I was pregnant, but my husband Aiden’s cold response—“Maybe it’s not too late to reconsider?”—shattered me. His growing distance and refusal to engage with nursery plans deepened my unease. Visiting his mother, Gloria, I faced her chilling demand for a boy to carry on the family name, threatening I’d need to leave if it was a girl. Overhearing Aiden and Gloria plotting to push
me out, revealing his affair with Veronica and a secret vasectomy, I devised a plan. At the baby shower, I invited Veronica, who exposed their betrayal by cutting a cake revealing my wedding ring and divorce papers. Declaring my independence, I walked out, embracing my daughter and our freedom from their deceit.
