We can love a parent from afar and I suggest you do this since she is bringing you nothing positive to your life.
You are not obligated to maintain a relationship with her. It is a shame someone as they age can remain so petty but she has chosen this path and you can choose to move on from her influence. And from reading your post I wuold suggest it.
Since she is obviously not lacking in intellect in that she could successfuly achieve a PHD do you think she might suffer from some type of mental disorder? That is what came to mind as I read your last few paragraphs.
I too was thinking this. The stained clothes, and lack of concern over animal urine....it sort of conflicts with a purely selfish person's needs to live in comfort and look better than other's around them.......is there a history of mental illness on her side of the family?
Adult daughter of abusive mother desperate for help.
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I too was thinking this. The stained clothes, and lack of concern over animal urine....it sort of conflicts with a purely selfish person's needs to live in comfort and look better than other's around them.......is there a history of mental illness on her side of the family?