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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I am pretty thick-skinned, and I can tell you that many of the bad memories from my childhood came from my grandparents (grandmother mostly) making these kinds of comments about my father. And my father was far from worthless (brilliant university physics/math professor, very loving to his kids). He had his failures (terrible with money/savings, lazy spouse, and a poor disciplinarian), but we adored him.

It happened over 20 years ago, and it still hurts to this day. As recently as last year, my siblings and I confronted our parents, demanding to know why they did not put an end to this kind of talk even when we told them that it made us uncomfortable.

Don't let anyone talk to your children like this about you. Tell your mother to find other jokes; these kinds are unacceptable. They will grow to resent her for it. They might even grow to resent you for letting it happen. Ask me how I know...[/quote]

Thank you. I ended the call and don’t plan on initiating contact for a while. If she asks why, I’ll tell her. If this happens again, I will tell her directly, and I will stand my ground when she inevitably says she was joking/I’m sensitive/tries to gaslight me.[/quote]

You said she was joking.  You are just milking the pity support.  Grow up.[/quote]

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