Hi all ..... 👋

That was / is my MIL ..... will never be good enough for her ..... she seems appreciative when I soften towards her, then throws me under the bus with no warning .... sigh ..... I’m a slow learner on an emotional level.  Took me years to sign off on the relationship and maintain a cordial, businesslike manner that works, most of the time.  

She still has her naughty days @Sans911 @Appleblossom, @utopia .... anyone else who knows one such as this ..... and there’s nothing much you can do with their naughty days other than rising above whatever ratty, bratty behaviour gets dished up in your direction.

That’s my 2c worth .... of course it’s my MIL, not my Mum, which I appreciate is a different planet (especially through / from childhood), but then I lost my mother too soon in my adult life, so no counterweight since then to Mrs-Naughty-Pants .... who is currently embedded in our mi challenges .... grrrrr .....

Hugs to everybody.   Doesn’t fix it, but hopefully helps to soothe it .....