So, I'm a little caught off guard here. Context first? Background info? My mother is absolutely psychotic. She really lives in her own world, in the worst possible ways. She tends to think that she has done a lot of things that she hasn't.
Now, she likes to talk shit about my ex-sister-in-law. She always has, even before my brother divorced her. For all of her faults, we still get along with her. All of us expect for my mom and sister. I mean, she's the kids' mother for crying out loud.
Anyway. One of the things my mother likes to do, is tell the kids that she did so much for them, and she practically raised them, so she's their 'real' mother. Seeing the psychotic yet? I guess at some point in the last few days, my mom told the kids that shit again, and today, they were telling their mom about it.
Surprisingly, with no malice in her voice when she said it, my ex-sister-in-law pointed at me and said, 'that's your real mother' he's done more to raise you.' And the girls agreed.
I knew that she had recognized how much I do for her kids, my nieces and nephews, but I didn't think she would take it that far. Still, that's one reason why I can't be mad at her. She's one of the few who sees what I do here, and actually voices her appreciation.
I don't know what to think about this. Do any of you have any thoughts?
