My mom posts on fb memes and videos about narcissists and it’s really ironic
How do I (37f) stop getting annoyed and caring about the fact that my mother (68f) posts memes and videos on FB that are basically warning people about narcissistic traits and related stuff? It screams a lack of self awareness since she matches everything she posts about. Especially the video I saw she posted, it was a tik tokker I actually follow who was talking about narcissists hoovering you back into their lives when they notice you’re stepping back a step.
This lady literally met a guy and married him within a year. When they started dating she stopped being in my kids lives by never making any effort when she previously did (although we still had our mom/daughter issues before, but she at least tried). I’ve seen her six times in the last year when we used to get together weekly. My kids ask about where she went all the time. A few months ago she moved out of state and didn’t bother to say goodbye in person. She now texts me FB memories and miss you texts (just like the video suggests narcissists do). She also will send me a crap ton of pictures of the nice weather where she’s at and never once has asked me about my children or myself. She did ask if we wanted to come out and visit but we honestly can’t afford to fly us all out or even drive. When I told her this (it was all via text cuz she seemed to forgot how calling worked and that’s what we used to do) in a longer message that explained our financial situation at the moment (not great) and replies with a thumbs up. Idk, a thumbs up after a long thoughtful message seems catty but I’ll admit that I may be overthinking that.
But yeah, since she didn’t come up for Christmas I decided to see what she did on FB (many of you here probably know not to do this but I’m newly realizing this side of my mom exists so bear with me) , and that’s when I saw all these posts about narcissists and cutting ties with those who don’t bother to ask about you, etc. I was the one to wish her merry Christmas on Christmas day. So she wasn’t forgotten. She wished me it back but never once asked how her grandkids were doing, what they got for Xmas, etc. it’s so sad.
What gets me is that I’m 60% sure those posts are about my siblings and me. So seems a bit backwards but what ya gonna do.
Thanks for reading lol