I found myself torn between my family’s happiness and my mother-in-law’s expectations after we chose to use our savings for a long-overdue vacation instead of her routine home renovation. The resulting cold war threatened to unravel our peace, forcing us to confront difficult truths about boundaries, guilt, and self-care. In the end, an unexpected gesture brought us face to face with what really matters—and left me wondering if choosing ourselves is ever truly selfish.