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[quote=Anonymous]This is very common with people that are needy and insecure. FIL does this. I posted somewhere else how he likes to make drama. If he doesn't get drama or people disagree with something inconsequential he will stop taking calls and then acts a couple of weeks later with "I might as well be dead."
Before cell phones, he used to tell everyone that he is canceling his landline as there is no need to have it. Nobody ever calls him. (He is a long time widower)

He is now more prone to sending passive-aggressive texts. Such as that I should look up "leading-strings." In regards to my kids. In some weird way, he wants us to "cut off" our college-age kids to make them independent! He has no idea about issues my DD faces. She was assaulted and is coping with it, but it is hard He will never know, he doesn't need to know and he senses something but knows nothing and it is driving him crazy.
You are doing the right thing, op. Heck better than me and DH at coping with your mom's manipulative behavior.[/quote]

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