Last time we talked, I brought up that I was concerned about our youngest who isn't talking about this at all...not even really acknowledging it. Her response was basically that neither of the boys can possibly be all that upset given how lousy things have always been. I pointed out that maybe she was projecting a bit.
She didn't like that a bit. I also think she'd been drinking a good bit. Gets a tone in her voice and manner of talking that is different from being sober.
That about did it for me. I said OK, thanks for listening, and hung up. She texted me 5 mins later and told me the only reason I was hearing about it at all was because I'm still in the family home and they come by regularly anyway. And she repeated the bit about things always being lousy so they can't possibly be surprised.
For the second time, I said OK, goodnight. And got a good night's sleep.
