I haven’t had the best relationship with my mother-in-law, particularly after I learned she had been speaking negatively about me behind my back.
At home, I have a cabinet where I display family photographs. It includes pictures of my late father and my husband’s late father whom I adored, as well as a photo of my husband’s grandmother, whom I was also very fond of (my mother-in-law’s mother). I haven’t included a photo of my mother-in-law or sister-in-law, but my husband is, of course, free to display any photos he wishes anywhere in the house.
For our wedding anniversary, my mother-in-law gave us a framed photo of herself, clearly intended for display in that cabinet. Given the context, I’m unsure whether I should put it up. Would you?
I’m invited to bigger family celebrations with extended family and friends but weekly lunch get togethers and special trips are exclusively for her and her children only and I’m not invited to those. Until my father-in-law passed away I was included in close family occasions.
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Hang it in the garage. Or the bathroom