Help me act AS IF, Thread 4

[newnamenewlife]

Thank you Grace. You are very inspiring and strong. I've spent the morning talking with my mother and my mother in law about all this. My mother called my MIL, who disclosed too much--ie, she said yes she thinks it will end in divorce--and sh*t hit the fan in a big way. My mom started drinking, called my ILS about six times and shouted that H was probably gay, that she always thought he was gay, that he's walking away--etc. She has a right to be upset, but now it's gotten just as insane as I expected. She is lovely and mostly rational when she's sober, but when she drinks she is a NIGHTMARE.

I am strong, and I will survive and I will not put my kids through having to deal with a crazy mother, but it is HARD. I have both impulses within me--the falling apart one and the strong one--and they are battling right now.