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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe the person who doesn’t go out of their way to air their side of a personal relationship publicly. There’s something wrong with a person who does that. [/quote]
They do that out of the same heartache as a death.
Millennials need to understand how relationships work and how to communicate. Estrangement is epic in this generation and it is usually a daughter or son in law that draws a line in the sand. I've heard a ton of stories as to why someone thinks  their MIL is toxic. They don't know what toxic means.  Any comment is misconstrued,  ever thought,  and taken personally...and then the family is cut off.[/quote]

But in this case, I'd bet money that the mom got upset and said she wouldn't come to the wedding, expecting her son to apologize and beg her to come. Instead of playing her game, the son asked her if she's still planning to not come. The son was the one communicating properly, while the mom was playing a game and being histrionic.

It's telling that she left out large chunks of the story. Something serious had to happen for the DILs family to decline to come to the rehearsal dinner.  The writer is being disingenuos to say she doesn't know what she did wrong. [/quote]

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