That is so gross!!

Thanks Bobby! I feel mostly sorry for her - no contact with one of her kids, not many friends. Not sorry enough to ever want contact tho, ha!

Yay for the NC club! I feel like a walking testament to therapy - I’m in a good place about it but hola competitive so of course I had to trot out one of my shitty mom stories. I’m sure I could have thought of worse. Hilarious that I finally got an account out of the greys and promptly lost the key, thanks mom!

Thanks Captain! I wish Jez would write about borderline mothers, so common and so terrible. Hope you’ve found a healthy path that works for you.

Thank you! She was definitely a crazy, emotional vampire. I’m proud of the ten years! Saved so much in therapy!

Who knows? My hub is literally afraid to get me gifts because of all the family trauma. Gift giving is an excellent opportunity for abusive and manipulative behaviour.

It helps to have a lot of support and be thick skinned. A lot of friends were really judgemental when I did it (not to mention my in laws) but having a partner who stood up with me helped enormously. That said, they still crazy stalk me sometimes and that’s exhausting.

What an asshole! So nasty

Which one? I feel a bit lost in the comments, sorry!

I’m hard to offend, seriously. Therapy helped me a lot, too. Good healthy friends and a supportive partner healed my soul, it was hard to trust and believe in others but once I started it became easier. I honestly never thought I’d have kids as I really felt like a broken person for a long time! Having kids motivated…

She sounds really obnoxious! You should get her the appleebee gift cards...

Have you tried asking for it directly? Maybe she doesn’t think her stuff is as good as it obviously is. 

I bought my husband an electric can opener as an Xmas gift. He laughed and I never ever saw it again. 

Wow, your mom sounds like my borderline mom! Going NC was the best choice I ever made, even tho it came at an enormous cost. I started living my life with enjoyment and not just getting through each day. The closet part was my fav part of the story, so subtly manipulative!

She was a total asshole!

Sending you virtual hugs! Sorry about your mom, I bet you really miss her.

Right? Sooooo gross

I threatened my kid with clothes instead of toys “like I got when I was a kid”. Yay for necessities wrapped and given.

What?!? I thought it died totally!

Omg, I actually replied to an online ad because it was posted by an Amy Blair AND LEGIT IT WAS HER. Highlight of my momlife, that shit. I’m sure she blocked my email but I was all “I was a huge fan!!”. My fav was the sisters that picked scabs.