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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re in that situation with my SIL. She’s been hospitalized from time to time, but I’m not aware of any clear diagnosis. Sometimes her symptoms seem to be similar to borderline personality disorder, especially when she creates blow-ups to push us away and then “test” if we’ll still love her. I have a child now so we don’t take her back the way we used to because it’s too hard to expose our kid to these cycles. We keep SIL at arm’s length/low contact. It sucks and I wish we could be close, but it’s too hard on our nuclear family and my MIL to weather the storms that come when we don’t stay low-contact.

Everyone has to find their own tolerance for this kind of situation. Our personal rule is that nothing is permanent and we’re willing to change how we approach SIL as our child becomes older and more things can be explained. I hope you give yourself the flexibility to do that, too. You have at least my permission to step back when it’s too much. [/quote]

Very helpful, thank you.[/quote]

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