... weirdly wanting a fight to break out to validate their (very negative) view of you.
Thanks for this insight. I needed it. Yep, I think her instinct is to always position me as the source of all her problems. It's the contempt that sandi2 talks about.
Me: 50, MLC/WW 45 Young kids Nov 2015: BD1 Apr 2016: BD2 Jan 2017: W filed Feb 2017: D final