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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to agree that the 1.5 hour drive there at 9pm, and the 1.5 hour drive home at 1am are weird. DCUM, come on, that SCREAMS overly obsessed mom! As someone else said, she just couldn't help herself and had to step back into that mom role.

I wouldn't be mad, but yeah, that's weird and mom is desperate, bless her heart![/quote]

The mom is desperate for answering her son's call for attention while hospitalized?

OP says her husband contacted several people while he was there. He obviously wanted some attention, and his mom gave it to him. A three hour roundtrip drive is more than I'd do for a minor injury, but it was sweet of his mom to squeeze in some family time while he was feeling needy.[/quote]
OP says he called people to talk and joke around about the accident. His mom could have talked from the comfort of home for hours. She took it to the next level by making a crazy drive in the middle of the night. That's weird. Full stop. [/quote]

She's a mother.  She took the opportunity to go and spend some time with her son when she felt he should have some company.

Even mothers of adult children still care about their children.  Most of them don't see their own children as much as they'd like.  They know their children have lives of their own, but she had the opportunity when her son wasn't doing anything and could use company, so she went to keep him company.  She knew she wasn't imposing or taking his time away from something else, but she helped him fill some idle time.  Phone calls are nice, but it doesn't compare with actually being in the same room as your child, adult or not.

I'm sorry that you are so distant from your parents and/or children that you don't value being in the same room with them. [/quote]

When I read this response it made me tear up. Thank you. It's a good reminder to us DIL's that sometimes we forget what really matters.  Everything doesn't have to be a power struggle and everything doesn't have to be talked about. So many things I stress over about with MIL are just petty. [/quote]

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