My Husband Invited His Ex-Wife to His Birthday Dinner Because She Was “Still Family.” Then He Humiliated Me in Front of Everyone While I Was Four Months Pregnant. I Stayed Silent Until Dessert… When I Placed an Envelope Beside Every Guest’s Plate, He Opened His and Screamed, “HOW DARE YOU?!”

My Husband Invited His Ex-Wife to His Birthday Dinner Because She Was “Still Family.” Then He Humiliated Me in Front of Everyone While I Was Four Months Pregnant. I Stayed Silent Until Dessert… When I Placed an Envelope Beside Every Guest’s Plate, He Opened His and Screamed, “HOW DARE YOU?!”

My husband, Mark, and I had been married for only seven months.

I was four months pregnant with our first child.

And somehow, there were already three people in our marriage.

Me.

Mark.

And his ex-wife, Claire.

From the beginning, Mark constantly compared me to her.

If I made dinner, he would say, “Claire used to cook this differently.”

If I rearranged the living room, he would comment, “Claire had better taste in furniture.”

Even when I bought baby clothes, he managed to mention her.

I tried to be understanding.

After all, they’d been married for eight years.