Basically, W had an explosion Monday night in a slamming door, "I hate you", getting the suitcase from the basement, etc etc. That in itself was bad enough, but S10 had just gone to bed and heard the whole thing. He came downstairs in tears begging her not to leave. Once he calmed down and we got him back to bed, I told W that if she still wanted to go I wouldn't stop her and if she was staying I would put the suitcase away. She very coldly told me "you think I would leave my kids? Do you think I'm F&%#ing stupid?" Her turn-around was so abrupt, I am now wondering how much of it was orchestrated and how much of it was to get sympathy from S10. For someone who keeps saying the kids have to be our first priority, she directly involved one of those kids very harshly.
Second issue...I've been told by C and my family to watch for potentially inappropriate contact between W and kids. Now I need help on this one. After the tirade S10 has been very attentive to mommy, then today while they were both sitting close on the couch I catch W stroking and tickling the palm of S10s hand with her fingernails. The problem I have is that it gave me a distinctly uncomfortable feeling, almost like seeing two young people who fawn over each other and are touching in a "get a room" kind of way. My question is this...are there any mothers out there that do this? How would you feel seeing this or am I over-reacting?
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