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Betrayal
just found out at Mother’s Day lunch that my Mother in Law has told my brother and sister in law (who we are estranged from and haven’t spoken too in about 6 years) about my breast cancer diagnosis af...
@"Kiwi Angel" ... OMG! I can feel your anger & pain ..... Stupid bitch! It was not her 'right' to tell anyone!
Sadly, you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family! :(
I haven't told my stepsister or stepbrother's families for a variety of reasons - tho someone else 'outed me' on Facebook - but they either 'missed it' or didn't respond to it by choice. I only wanted my close friends & family, who I knew would support me, to know ....
Try not to let it get you down too much, difficult tho it is, as she is your hubby's mother - just ignore the silence or lack of contact .... because that is YOUR choice, not hers.
haha Most have a 'golden child' .... my stepmother thought her son was the best - but all I saw was someone sucking her dry of money without repaying it, avoiding family responsibilities (my siblings & I were more attentive to her day - day needs & 'handyman requirements' but rarely was compensated) .....
BIG HUGS coming your way xxxxx
Sadly, you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family! :(
I haven't told my stepsister or stepbrother's families for a variety of reasons - tho someone else 'outed me' on Facebook - but they either 'missed it' or didn't respond to it by choice. I only wanted my close friends & family, who I knew would support me, to know ....
Try not to let it get you down too much, difficult tho it is, as she is your hubby's mother - just ignore the silence or lack of contact .... because that is YOUR choice, not hers.
haha Most have a 'golden child' .... my stepmother thought her son was the best - but all I saw was someone sucking her dry of money without repaying it, avoiding family responsibilities (my siblings & I were more attentive to her day - day needs & 'handyman requirements' but rarely was compensated) .....
BIG HUGS coming your way xxxxx