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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - for those asking for an update. Grandma went to see the newborn. Nothing was said by birthday child’s family. No plans to reschedule the visit from either end. Sister with the baby has texted multiple pictures of the baby and updates to everyone after icing everyone out for months. People responded with congratulations. [/quote]

Maybe there is hope for this family after all. [/quote]

I don’t understand how you’re reading this as a hopeful update. Mom of birthday child is so upset that she posted on DCUM. She also thinks grandma is wrong to have not rescheduled the visit with birthday child already, and she’s mad at the mom of the newborn for texting baby pictures after being icy in the previous months. This family is doomed.[/quote]

I agree it’s clear OP is birthday mom hoping for validation, but where Grandma has a sensible head, there is always room for hope.

OP’s language about the texting is of course silly, and I suspect the rest of the family is rolling their eyes at birthday mom quietly, but there is hope when Grandma is sensible. [/quote]

Everyone is rolling their eyes at the sister who iced them out. And then expects a thaw on her terms. There she goes again.

This thread is fascinating because it helps me understand so many comments on this forum. Lots of you condone manipulative behavior. Maybe you do it yourself. [/quote]

At this point, I don’t think I believe birthday mom’s narrative about the estrangement. It seems pretty clear birthday mom is the drama queen.

[b]Having a baby three weeks early and wanting your mom is not “manipulation” to any normal person[/b]. [/quote]

[b]# weeks is not early. She had a term baby and the baby and mom are healthy. And while  the daughter had no control over when she gave birth. Insisting that the only day mom could visit the baby be the same day as the planned other grandchil's party especially after other recent manipulative behavior is in fact manipulation. [/b]  Normal people as you say can see that. You can't because you are either a manipulator or a victim of someone ele's manipulation on a regular basis.[/quote]

The bolded - exactly. [/quote]

Glad grandma did the right thing and ignored your advice. 
 [/quote]

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