Chapter 1: The Declined Card “She is your mother, Anthony, not mine. If she still desires quilted Chanel handbags from Fifth Avenue, I highly suggest you figure out a way to finance them yourself.” That was the absolute first sentence I delivered to my ex-husband, Anthony Caldwell, less than twenty-four hours after a sterile judge in a freezing Manhattan family … Continue reading I canceled my ex-mother-in-law’s credit card the moment the divorce was finalized—and when my ex called, furious, I finally said everything I had kept bottled up for years.