Son & Girlfriend recently had a party for Granddaughter's second birthday. Girlfriend created a Facebook event and invited all of their guests. The Ex never responded one way or the other; given that Grandson is 3 years old and The Ex has attended his very first birthday party but not the others, I didn't know if she was going to attend or not. About 2 weeks before the party, The Ex had planned a couples' weekend and invited her best friend, the best friend's boyfriend, and also Daughter and her new boyfriend. The friend ended up backing out but Daughter and her boyfriend went. Daughter said she also pre-warned her boyfriend that Ned is extremely awkward, that he had a staring problem, and that he's a terrible driver; her boyfriend later told her that he thought she was kidding about all of it but she was, in fact, warning him about the truth. Apparently, Ned will just stare right at you and not say a single word; if you look back at...
The amount of projection she’s putting onto her child amazes me. This is what she was when she was Daughter’s age, & we all know she wants Daughter to be just like her. This is just nasty & horrifying.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it something? Daughter is much more beautiful, smarter, funnier, kinder, and overall a better person than her mother, by far. Rather than seeing her in a parent-child relationship, The Ex views her as competition and will knock her down any chance that she gets.
DeleteWhen Daughter told me this last night, I asked, "Um...has she MET you?!" Daughter replied, "I know, right?!" She's only a teenager, but even she recognizes the insanity.
You see parents like this, you live in a world like this with these kinds of people, & it just amazes you. I never would have thought that parents could do to their children what we see every day as people who deal with others with narcissism, but Jesus Christ.
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