When my dad remarried after my parents’ divorce, I never expected his new wife to see my mom as competition. But nothing prepared me for what happened on my wedding day.I’m 24 and an only child. My parents split up when I was in high school. By the time I graduated, my dad was dating…
We gathered as a family to celebrate my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary. Everyone wore matching red shirts, the house smelled of a warm dinner cooking in the oven, and a bakery cake sat on the counter — the same kind my mom always insisted was “too much.” Before we sat down to eat, I took…