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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone summarize the DILs Reddit story?  It looks like they closed the Reddit board with her posts.[/quote]

[quote=Anonymous]Can someone summarize the DILs Reddit story?  It looks like they closed the Reddit board with her posts.[/quote]

I found a couple of other threads besides the original, that are still available:
[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbyborderlines/comments/c8s1c9/estrangement_doesnt_just_happen_to_bad_moms_it/[/url]
[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbyborderlines/comments/bc2lfk/i_dedicated_my_whole_life_to_my_kids/[/url]

I was going to quote some of the responses from the DIL (Carolyn), but apparently DCUM filters are blocking C&P from reddit so it is blocking the quotes.

The issue is that Dan's mother was fine up to the proposal at Disneyland when she started to get "weird".  And at some of the pre-wedding events, she started to create friction with Carolyn's mother (future in-laws).  One example is that Carolyn's mother offered Dan's mother sweat tea since she was from the South and Dan's mother accused Carolyn's mother of being condescending and putting her down for being from the South, even though Carolyn's mother was also from the South.  Carolyn's mother tried to bond, Dan's mother took umbrage and tried to make a scene.  At the bridal shower, Dan's mother was rude to several members of Carolyn's family and then was upset when Dan would not take her side and "defend" her from the accusations.  Dan's mother is the one that then threw out that she would not come to the wedding until Carolyn and her mother apologized (even though she, Dan's mother, caused the scene).  Finally Dan decided to try to reach out before the wedding to see if she would change her mind and would come to the wedding, but she insisted that if there was no apology that she would not come.  And then made it seem as if Dan only wanted to cut her off and only cared if they should order food.  Apparently Dan and Carolyn reached out several times to his mother, but she was the one who refused the outreach each time unless they started by groveling to her.  Note in her (Dan's mother's) article, she never mentions reaching out.  The closest she comes is saying she thought about it and then reconsidered.  Carolyn said that Dan's mother never once reached out and frequently rebuffed their efforts to reach out.  So this was largely a situation created by, blown out of proportion and adamantly sustained by Dan's mother, the narcissist. [/quote]

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