My mother in law is a gossip, and an alcoholic and a hoarder. Every time she comes over my anxiety skyrockets because more often than not she has a buzz and interacts with my two year old son. I hate when she comes by, because she takes ages to leave, and if she is upset about something she spends, literally, days talking about it. Repeatedly. At a high pitch. Her son hides in the bathroom when she’s there and leaves me trapped listening to her, nodding at the appropriate times. And mind you she can say the same sentence five times because she’s of course been drinking.
It’s gotten to the point where I don’t want anything to do with her and I purposely go out of my way not to tell her about things we do as a family because all she talks about is these horrible things. My husband knows how I feel and does agree with me, but she is still his mom so he has to keep his mouth shut, and so do I.
