After Being Kicked From Mother-in-Law's Family Group, I Stop Groveling

At my husband's niece's birthday party, I had just handed over the learning tablet when my mother-in-law snatched it away and tossed it aside. "Didn't you say you'd buy Jared a gold bracelet? Who wants this thing?" My sister-in-law chimed in, "Right, if you say you'll do something, you have to follow through. Otherwise, don't say it at all." I looked at my husband, Kent. The gold bracelet was something he had brought up.