When I married Grant, I never imagined I’d also be marrying his mother, Serena — not legally, of course, but practically. At thirty-two and five months pregnant, I wanted peace, comfort, and a bit of privacy. What I got instead was a sweet, casserole-baking woman with an Olympic-level curiosity.
Serena wasn’t mean, but she was nosy in the kind of way that made privacy a myth. My phone, my drawers, my mail — nothing escaped her “helpful” hands. But the one thing she couldn’t resist most?
Packages. Any box with my name on it was fair game, and she’d tear it open with the excitement of a child on Christmas morning. I tolerated it for months, brushing it off with strained smiles — until she ruined the one surprise that truly mattered.
I had been planning our baby’s gender reveal — a small, heartfelt moment for Grant and me alone. I ordered a beautifully sealed card that would tell us whether our baby was a boy or girl. But when I came home one afternoon, Serena was standing in the living room, waving that very card, its wax seal broken, her grin wide.
“It’s a boy!” she announced gleefully. My heart dropped. That was supposed to be our moment, and she’d stolen it.
No apology followed — just a dismissive laugh and a family group text blast revealing our news before we’d even caught our breath. That night, as I sat stewing in silence, I realized that polite boundaries weren’t working. So, I planned a lesson Serena would never forget — one involving two “special” deliveries designed to cure her curiosity once and for all.
The next morning, our porch camera caught her sprinting out to grab the first package labeled “fragile.” Ten minutes later, the sound of her horrified scream echoed through the house. When I walked in, she was clutching her pearls, staring at a rather… adult-shaped silicone “novelty” item I’d planted in the box. Her face was crimson.
“What is this filth doing in my son’s house?” she sputtered. I feigned shock and told her sweetly, “Oh, that must be from one of those baby shower games.” She nearly fainted. But before she could recover, I mentioned that another package would be arriving later — and that it was even “more interesting.” By the time the second box landed that evening, Serena was too curious to resist.
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