My husband became estranged from his sister two years ago. They are both in their 40s. His sister and mom live together. His mother doesn’t have much of an issue with him but she has his sister in her ear all the time about how awful my husband is. We are still FB friends with his mom and communicate now and then on posts but we haven’t seen her since the fall out.

My issue right now with my MIL is that she hasn’t inquired about my son, her grandchild. He was in the hospital for almost a week and I notified family and friends via FB about his progress. (Please don’t tell me this was my mistake using FB. This is how our family and extended family reach out to everyone because it’s easy and gets to everyone we care about.)

MIL has been sharing multiple posts each day and commenting on the posts from her other grandchildren (estranged sister’s children) but not one word on a post or via message or phone to me or my husband about our child in the hospital.

I don’t understand how a grandmother could ignore her own grandchild who is innocent in all of this stupid drama. How can I let go of this hurt? It’s been the most difficult week of my life and this is the last thing I should be worrying about. I don’t understand the lack of compassion.

Topics: relationships, health, family, compassion, mother-in-law