Just talked to my mom - she had dinner this week with my 18 year old niece - the daughter of my idiot older brother who was the WAS to his third wife. Two disturbing pieces of news:
First - brother is engaged to his new girlfriend. (Of course, his divorce isn't final yet!). I feel sorry for her - she has no idea what she's getting into. I feel duty-bound to warn her - I feel so guilty his last wife didn't know he had cheated on his first wife - she says she wouldn't have married him if she'd known.
Second piece of news - mom was talking to niece about what's happening with my D. Niece said she hopes the psychiatrist helps my D but that she felt her own wasn't helping her. We had no idea she was seeing a psych - she says for a "stress-related disorder". She has lost 15 lbs - is down to 115 and is taller than I am so she's at least 5'7" or 5'8". Something about her responses to my mom makes us very worried that she may have an eating disorder as well - it can run in families.
