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[quote=Anonymous]OP, there are a lot of borderline and narcissistic relatives who hang out on this particular forum (family relationships). You cannot trust the majority opinion here. Your reaction is the exact appropriate one and many therapists would tell you the same. Your MIL was being needy and controlling in passive aggressively communicating the idea that your DD should always be thinking of her. She was not just showing love. She was planting an expectation. The narcissists on the board will see nothing wrong with this because that is the kind of manipulative, inappropriate behavior veiled as "love" that they engage in. From one mom to another, keep your eyes open with your MIL and be ready to undo the cords of guilt that she may try to use to bind your DD to her. Even if it is not a conscious manipulation on her part, asking DD that question is inappropriate and your MIL is too old to be so emotionally immature.[/quote]
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