Mom’s latest:
Wilma still has homework and sounds like she is not anywhere near home. Before agreeing to taking her to places knowing you need to get her home, needing to get your car serviced for long distances, please have discussions with her about whether she has completed her homework so that you can plan responsibly and accordingly so she gets home at a decent hour so she is rested for school. She has math homework due tomorrow and 2 study guides due on Wednesday. Last time she didn’t get the study books done because you distracted her and she wanted to come home when you were drunk.
Please plan better.
This above was in reference to the course of a long weekend when our daughter typically doesn’t have homework and we went on a long and very fun trip together. Prior to that, my ex-wife had her an entire week. During that time she could have worked with her to get anything she needed to have done, during her time. I’m sure by now my ex-wife is putting on a good story to her family, friends and attorney, telling them she doesn’t have narcissistic tendencies and that I’m the one that is an alcoholic and mentally unstable. I can tell you it takes a very strong person to deal with this type of behavior without snapping. Fortunately, I have a high threshold for pain, both physically 😉 and mentally, as I’m sure some of her family already know.
This above behavior is explained very nicely in this article: Covert-Aggression and the Gaslighting Effect:
https://www.drgeorgesimon.com/covert-aggression-and-the-gaslighting-effect