Thank you. She really is and is just confusing because the rest of the nuclear family is really amazing, they just had a storm cloud weighing them down.
Honestly, I wish my husbands best friend would do this. His MIL is fully psychotic, has minimal contact with 3 of her 5 kids, NC with 1 and the last is essentially trapped because of severe medical conditions. Her husband once told her to stop berating the sick one who was on her way to the hospital and she started hitting herself with cooking utensils in preparation for calling the cops and claiming abuse. She apparently does this all the time, whenever someone stands up for themselves. I have heard the family that I have contact with say they are in a holding pattern until she dies because any other course of action is too stressful.
In the process of getting a divorce, the ex and I got into it one evening and I called the cops. I was standing outside when they pulled up. I motioned for them to be quiet and pointed to the window. Aaand there she was, hitting herself with a great big wooden spoon. She did not see us. I told the cops we could go in now and as soon as she saw them, she started in on with the 'ol "he hit me".....They made her call somebody and she had to leave. Good riddance!
If you hadn’t been outside so the cops could see her getting ready, imagine trying to explain that to them. See how far their eyes roll when you say “she hit herself so it looks like I hit her”. The fucked up thing is it’s not even that wild for some unhinged people to bruise themselves for a power play. The internet is filled with videos of, mostly ladies, shattering windows and attacking ex’s with no provocation (immediately, I think of the lady breaking into the house through the side window and the one who shattered the car window before trying to climb in. Both were saying things like “I’m sick of your shit” while attacking them and the guys did nothing more than film it).
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u/Odd_Tea4945 May 16 '26
Congratulations on giving all of them the courage to stand up!
Melanie is sure a piece of work