My Husband Put My Sick Mother on an Air Mattress and Said He Made the Rules, but What I Did Next Changed Everything

I said: if you move her out of that room again, I am going to do something about it.

He said: do what about it?

I said: I haven’t decided yet.

He said: that’s not a very specific threat.

I said: it’s not a threat. It’s a description of what’s coming.

He said: Sara, you’re being dramatic.

I said: Gabriel, your sister-in-law has cancer and you put her on an air  mattress in the basement for a football game.

He said: she’s your mother. Not my sister-in-law.

I said: yes. Exactly.

I said: she’s my mother.

I said: and she is in this house because I invited her.

I said: and you knew she was coming before I invited her.

I said: and you said fine.

He said: I said fine about her staying here. Not about giving her everything.