My mother-in-law looked at my wife, who was six months pregnant, and said, “If you’re going to get sick, eat in the bathroom.” I paid for every dinner, every bill, and that night I decided to get revenge for their contempt in a different way.

I stopped covering her car insurance. I contacted my broker to list the house she lived in.

Then I did the same with Sydney—cut off the housing fund and ended the subsidy on her rental.

For the first time in years, I wasn’t supporting them anymore.

I was setting boundaries.