An open letter to my mother-in-law

I'm tired of being quiet about this.

You have not spoken to me for a year. During that time you have barely spoken to your son. You want to know why I don't want to visit. If you can't be bothered to speak to me, why should I make the trip to Los Angeles for the same type of treatment?

You want to be closer to your son. I wanted to help make that happen. Somehow that message got garbled along the way, and I do not plan to repeat it.

I will not get in the way of a relationship between the two of you. I will also not prostrate myself. You figure out the intersection there.