I just read your post and I see family "unfinished business"/patterns as well. My mother is majorly passive agressive. X and my mom hated each other (too much alike?). X had relatives that provided financial support, a role I filled until funds exhausted and OMH now fills.
I've decided next time she sits by me instead of her husband in a waiting room I'm gonna get up and go sit by her husband.
"Fear is the mind-killer" Muad'Dib Me 53, XW 44, DD 14, DS 12 Bomb and OM 12/15/06 Separated 01/02/07 Divorced 05/13/08 X married OM(OMH) 08/2009 Married 06/09/13