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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure about years, but my MIL waits until DH texts/calls her. She will never be the first one to reach out. She just gets pissier (sp?) and pissier about it lol. 
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I've seen this before it makes no sense. Is this some form of a "test" from a total narcissist? I wish someone could explain this to me...[/quote]

My parents are like this. My mom doesn’t call now because I don’t do things her way. [b]I must first apologize crying on my knees before her admitting that I did everything wrong.[/b] My dad won’t dare pick up the phone without her blessing. [/quote]

My mother was like this too. If I did something she didn’t like, she’d refuse to call or pick up the phone when I called. This could go on for months and months at times. If it coincided with my birthday or a major holiday, she still wouldn’t call and would not send a card (she was big into cards otherwise). My dad would wait for her to go out before calling me. The crazy thing is how long it took me to realize this wasn’t normal behavior, how long I blamed myself for it, and it still affects me today years later. And to be clear, the things that could provoke this were not like major things. It could be going on a vacation she didn’t think I should take, spending my money in a way she thought was wasteful, dating someone she didn’t like for whatever reason.[/quote]

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