Quote From: liatsunami I couldn't help but notice that sad, defeated look on that poor man's face. I can't imagine having to grow up with a mother like that. I thought my dad's mom was bad, but this woman may be her match. Holy cow, she is just mean spirited, and totally wrong headed. I hope her son can finally be free of her negitive influences one day, even if he has to move a million miles away from her.
I think overall the wife has put up with quite a bit of crap. That poor woman. Those poor kids. I really hope Dr. Phil can help get that out of this situation.
As for the mother, I don't even have words to describe the feelings she gave me other than anger, anger, and more anger. Something about her just made me furious. I think a lot of it is I just can't see how she can sit there and be confronted with things that she KNOWS she has done, half admit to them, and then try to weasel her way out of it. I'm not sure she even deserves a relationship with her son or with his children. In the end that's his decision. She just acts like it's so hard to stop acting like a crazy person.
Poor man? Please tell me you're kidding! Granted, his mother is the one who raised him, but he married his wife and owes her his loyalty. The husband is the one I blamed for most of the conflicts since he sat back too long and let the battles go on around him, without putting a stop to any of it.
I know that kids benefit from having good grandparents, but those kind of people do not put the kids in the middle, make nasty comments to them about their parent or compare them to those parents. I am a mother-in-law, and get along great with my daughter-in-law and their kids. Of course I don't agree with everythng they say and do, but as long as nobody's getting hurt, I stay out of it. It is their home and their family. I feel honored to be a part of it.
