When Emilia\u2019s daughter, Ruby, is three weeks old, she and her husband decide to introduce her to the family with a party. But when Ruth, Emilia\u2019s mother-in-law, shows up uninvited\u2014the couple just wants her out, revealing how she took advantage of the couple when the baby was born by legally changing the baby\u2019s name without consent.It was the morning of our daughter\u2019s arrival party\u2014which is something that Jake and I had been planning during the last few months of our pregnancy.\u201dYou\u2019ve been put on bed rest, Emilia,\u201d Jake said.\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to take that seriously and stay safe at home. When our daughter is born, we can have a little arrival party to make up for it.\u201d Then, my husband told our family and friends that we needed space in the weeks leading up to our daughter\u2019s birth.\u201dThey\u2019re not going to be happy,\u201d I said, as I rubbed my stomach, our daughter kicking away inside. \u201cI know,\u201d he said. \u201cMy mother especially, but it\u2019s about respect, Em.\u201d So, now that our daughter was three weeks old and thriving, Jake and I wanted to show her off to our closest family members and friends\u2014all the people who had showered us with gifts at the hospital.As Jake set up the decorations in our backyard\u2014pink and white balloons everywhere\u2014an unexpected cloud hung over the event, one cast by my mother-in-law, Ruth.\n
\u201cHello!\u201d her voice carried through the house.I cringed as I fed my daughter. I didn\u2019t want Ruth here. I didn\u2019t want to see or speak to her. I knew that she was my husband\u2019s mother, and the grandmother of my child, but I still needed time to get over what she had done. The conflict had ignited three weeks prior\u2014the night that our daughter had come into the world.During the months of bedrest before our daughter\u2019s birth, Jake and I had chosen to name our daughter after my late grandmother\u2014a decision that held deep emotional significance for us both. Grandma Ruby had been the first person to welcome Jake into our family with open arms.\u201dRuby is the perfect name for her,\u201d Jake said one day as he handed me a mug of hot chocolate. \u201cIsn\u2019t it too old-fashioned?\u201d I asked, thinking about the strange names that celebrities named their children. \u201cNo,\u201d he chuckled.\n
\u201cBut maybe she\u2019ll be a cute little hipster kid, and it will be her whole personality.\u201dBut then, everything changed. I had gone into labor early in the evening, and Jake rushed me to the ER. Everything was going along as we expected, and we knew that soon our daughter would be with us. As the hours went on, my labor began to take a turn, causing me to bleed.\u201dTell me what to do,\u201d Jake told the doctor who was monitoring my progress. \u201cTell me what we\u2019re going to do.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re going to deliver the baby now,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cAnd then we\u2019re going to take care of Emilia.\u201dMy husband paced the hallways, and eventually called Ruth to come in for support. Our daughter was delivered and she was perfectly healthy. The doctor told Jake to stay with our daughter while I was given blood transfusions and monitored carefully.\u201d\n
You just rest,\u201d Jake told me as I floated in and out of consciousness. And while I was trying to recover from the birth of Baby Ruby\u2014my mother-in-law felt it necessary to change our child\u2019s name to Ruth. Jake and I didn\u2019t know anything about it. Just that Ruth had done it. \u201cI\u2019ve given all the necessary details,\u201d she said, handing the baby to me while Jake fed me ice chips.We just assumed that she had done the right thing. When the hospital mailed us our baby\u2019s birth certificate, my heart sank to see a different name printed on the official document.With trembling hands and disbelief clouding my thoughts, I phoned her. The conversation that followed eventually set the stage for today\u2019s confrontation. \u201cDid you give the hospital the wrong name by error?\u201d I asked, trying to keep my voice steady as the baby slept in my arms.\u201dNo, of course not,\u201d my mother-in-law said.\n
\u201cI decided to name her after myself, as I\u2019ve always wanted.\u201d \u201cWhat?\u201d I exploded, causing Ruby to stir, her fists angrily punching through the air. \u201cIt\u2019s a tribute, Emilia. A tribute to myself for raising such a wonderful husband for you, you ungrateful girl,\u201d she snapped back.Her words burned, and it was then I knew I had to teach her a lesson.Which brings us to today, the day of Ruby\u2019s party. Despite not formally inviting Ruth, she made a dramatic entrance, clutching a gift bag and claiming her place. The caterers went about their business, handing food out and refilling glasses.Of course, my mother-in-law took it upon herself to turn an event for her granddaughter into a spectacle. \u201cHow could you be so selfish, not inviting me?\u201d she demanded loudly, causing everything to pause and listen. Somewhere in the backyard, I could hear Ruby\u2019s gurgles as Jake held her.I faced my mother-in-law with resolve. I had been waiting for this moment. I had wanted to react immediately when we first found out what she had done. But my husband said that I needed to focus on Ruby.\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll get a chance to do it,\u201d he said, after I told him about our brief phone call. \u201cBut our daughter is the most important thing now. Not my mother.\u201dAnd then he began the process of changing her name.\u201dYou overstepped by changing my daughter\u2019s name while I was helpless in the hospital. You didn\u2019t respect our choice.\u201d In a desperate attempt to regain her ground, my mother-in-law assumed the role of a misunderstood victim. \u201cI did no such thing. I had your permission. Yours and Jake\u2019s. You agreed to it, don\u2019t you remember? Maybe the pain and the meds made you forget.\u201dThe atmosphere tensed, everyone awaiting my response. The music playing felt out of place and forced. Jake had come behind me, his reassuring grip on my hand. \u201cLet\u2019s clarify this misunderstanding,\u201d I said, and connected my phone to the speaker system. The room fell silent as the recording of our previous conversation began to play, Ruth\u2019s words echoing through the space, stripping away any fa\u00e7ade she might have maintained.As the recording ended, the impact was immediate. My mother-in-law stood frozen, her usual composure shattered\u2014her face stern and slightly shocked. No excuses could salvage the betrayal her own voice had confirmed loudly.Ruth left without another word, her exit as dramatic as her entrance had been\u2014leaving a trail of shocked silence behind her.\u201dI\u2019m sorry,\u201d I told my husband. I hated that I was fighting with his mother.\n
But this was something that I just couldn\u2019t look past. Instead of being a support when I was in the hospital, she took that vulnerable moment and turned the focus to herself. She wanted to be the moment itself. The party slowly found its spirit again, laughter and chatter replacing the earlier tension. By the time dessert was brought out\u2014everyone seemed to have forgotten about Ruth\u2019s outburst.My husband and I exchanged a relieved glance, our bond strengthened through it all. Holding our daughter close, we were reminded of the importance of changing her name legally. Ruby needed to know that she was named after a woman who had loved me more than life\u2014which is exactly how I felt about her. As for my mother-in-law, only a sincere apology and time will tell.What would you do? If you enjoyed this story, here\u2019s another one for you | When Violet\u2019s father-in-law walks into their living room holding onto DNA test results\u2014claiming that Mona, her daughter, isn\u2019t her husband\u2019s child\u2014Violet begins to spiral. She pleads for her husband to take another test to prove her innocence, only for a series of secrets to come undone.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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