In-Laws Feelings Stripped Bare

(My husband and I are having dinner with my in-laws. Suddenly, my husband brings up the movies I’d rented the night before, but he does it in a semi-hushed, business like tone.)

Husband: “So, I saw you rented Magic Mike last night, too.”

Mother-in-law: “You rented Magic Mike?!”

Me: “Yeah. But I mostly did it to get under his skin.”

Mother-in-law: “We need to watch it.”

Father-in-law: “Wait, is that the one with Matthew McConaughey?”

Me: “Yeah, and Channing Tatum. The one about male strippers.”

Mother-in-law: *pointing to my father-in-law* “You. The kids. Entertain them. In the living room. We’ll hide in the bedroom to watch the movie.”