Pal, CB and others who liked the link,
My own NMum fits every point on that list...except, I thought, the last one ( about going all pathetic). However, when I said that to my husband, he said 'Well, that's exactly what she did when *I* confronted her.'
I remember now, that just before I went NC with her, he went round to her house, on his own, to tell her that if she treated me badly once more, I'd go NC. It was a last resort. When he'd come back, I said 'What happened?' and he was all coy, and just said it was private, which really annoyed me at the time. He was supposed to be helping me, but he wouldn't gossip!! How annoying!! Now I know he wouldn't tell me because I would've tried to 'make it right'. Again.
He only told me the other day, that what she'd done was fall apart, have floods of tears, prostrate herself on the floor in front of him and say 'you don't understand how terrible my life has been!!' He didn't fall for it. He just walked out.
So, my NMum fits EVERY criteria on the list.
Unfortunately.
Pal, I loved this part of your post: "My NMother is a lot like the description.
Except for the nicer parts. "
Janet
