She Joked about the Secret Ingredient in Her Recipe. Did She Go Too Far?

Hosting a family dinner can be stressful, especially when you're trying to impress your in-laws. But what happens when a harmless joke turns into a major conflict? In this post, a woman shares her experience of making French onion soup for her husband's family and jokingly reveals that the secret ingredient was her tears. Little did she know, her mother-in-law was extremely strict about the origin of her food and did not appreciate the joke. After the comment, the mood at dinner changed, and the mother-in-law and her family quickly left. The author's husband has been trying to make amends, but the mother-in-law is still not speaking to her. Is the author the a**hole for making the joke, or did the mother-in-law overreact? Read on for the comments and reactions from the community.