A pattern is emerging whereby every time XH does something egregious, he calls his parents to present a self-serving version of what happened and why he did what he did.
This time he rang her straight after he had the run-in with kids last night.
He'd put his version of events to her and probably asked her not to pay for the prescriptions.
He said the kids had been 'rude to him'.
This is his mantra in relation to what he tells MIL and FIL about the kids (HOW DARE THEY!!!!)
I flipped to hear this - I mean what parent in their right mind uses 'they were rude to me' as a reason for withholding a child's medication?
I told her i realised she probably wouldn't believe me, and related my version of what happened. I added that he is no longer himself, does things we can't believe - I mentioned Jekyll and Hyde - and I said that he lies and lies and lies. I said that I was trying to have compassion for him, but that it was very hard when the kids were suffering.
My buttons are still too easy to press.
She responded with "OH, NLW, he's my son... I don't want to hear these things about him."
I blurted "And they are your grandchildren and they have to live the consequences of what he's doing".
She then agreed to come over and fill the scrips.
It was a little awkward when she arrived. Tellingly, she said to D17 "Come on, you come with me to get your medicine"
D17 just said "No thanks".
The kids are both dumbfounded that their grandparents appear to be siding with their father/believing the stories he tells them.
This is a sad turn of events. The kids are starting to see the grandparents in a different light.
