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[quote=Anonymous]I understand you feel badly for your DH, and that you feel responsible for the little mix-up with the cards. But you've done what you needed to do to make up for your very small mistake. I don't think even an apology was warranted or needed. Mix-ups happen, and so what? The point was that you wanted to send some photos to your MIL, and you did that, even though the cards got mixed up. Big deal.

What's really creepy here is that your DH keeps calling his mother DAILY! That's very odd, OP. It's like he's her little boy begging to get back in her good graces for the most minor infraction that had nothing to do with him (the card mix-up).

She's punishing him for healthy behavior -- remaining neutral in a fight between his parents. Every mature parent will respect a child's need to love and be loved by both his or her parents. Your MIL is clearly terribly immature, and your DH is blind to that obvious fact. He does need therapy to help him let go of his dysfunctional mama. He cannot change her behavior, but he can change his own, first and foremost, he needs to stop giving in to her emotional blackmail, and let go of the relationship (if you want to call it that) with his mother.

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