Anyone else’s MIL always sick or hurt immediately before any big event not revolving around them?
My son’s first birthday party is tomorrow and we needed my MIL to watch my son Wednesday & Friday so we could prep. Sure enough she hurt her back moving things in her storage unit – we always tell her let us know if you need help, don’t move heavy things on your own for this exact reason!!! She’s wildly unreliable and just downright exhausting at this point. Trying to talk to her is like talking to a child – she gets hurt and defensive. Even though she is down right blunt & rude.
She complains about her own mother (for doing the same exact things!!). Once in conversation (immediately after her step-grandfather passed) she said oh I could never live with my mother – then asked if she could live with us in the same breath. When I said no she got upset and stormed out crying!!!!!! 🫨🫨🫨
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My sisters MiL is like this. Always sick or injured when the attention might be on anyone but her. 🙄
Sounds like “Christmas cancer” you see around here.
Christmas Cancer will be next.
Yup, mine is notorious for this. Even missed out on my son’s graduation because she went to the hospital for some nonsense reason. She’s also told her daughter she might have cancer right around Christmas when her daughter was already stressing over something else happening. She’s always sick/dying but has no issues when it’s an event for her….weird how that happens.
Classic narcissist playbook. Drop the rope and stop relying on her.