My Mother in Law Cut My Daughter’s Hair Without Asking but I Chose the Right Moment to Respond

at his mother, then back at me. “Hilary, Mom is Theresa’s grandmother. She gets some say in how Theresa presents herself to the family.”

I stared at my husband like he’d just said something in a language I’d never heard before.

“No,” I said. “She doesn’t.”

“It’s just hair,” Theo added. “It’ll grow back.”

The exact same phrase his mother had used. Same continue reading …