"She is always angry. She has a very explosive temper and yells, slams doors and has what I call tantrums. Her son is often on the receiving end of her anger. When he's alone staying with us, he is calm, happy, helpful, an all-around good kid. She shows up, and within five minutes, he is so different, nervous, and exhibiting off-the-wall kind of behavior."
"They were here to pick up my grandson a few weeks ago and she had one of her tantrums. She stormed out of my house, slamming the door so hard the weather station fell off the wall and broke apart. We started talking about her and her behavior and how it upsets us. She had quietly snuck back in the house and listened to our entire conversation. I took the opportunity to ask her why she is always so angry."
"She seethed at me: Your son, all he wants to do is work and play his music. I admit we were talking about her and our opinions of her. My husband even said maybe our son works all those hours to get away from her. We are not blameless, but we did think we were having a personal conversation in our own home. Needless to say, our son hasn't contacted us at all, nor has he let my grandson contact us."
The daughter-in-law displays frequent explosive anger, yelling, door-slamming, and tantrums that often target her son and unsettle the household. The grandson is calm, happy, and helpful when staying with his grandparents, but becomes nervous and exhibits odd behavior in his mother's presence. During a recent tantrum she stormed out, slamming a door hard enough to break a weather station, then secretly returned and overheard the grandparents' private conversation. The son has since cut off contact and blocked his child from visiting. The daughter-in-law appears isolated and may be emotionally abusing her son and child. The first step is to reach out, express regret, and urge the son to seek support or therapy.
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