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Originally Posted by brainy
Oh my goodness! I mean oh-my-good-ness!
Because actually, I had thought of that too!
I remember one time during the summer and I was there, and boyfriend took her to a doctor's appointment. When they got back, I'm all concerned so asked her how things went. Before she got a chance to say anything, I happened to look at him, and he said to me "she'll be alright" in an off hand kind of way. But then she started carrying on about what the doctor said, how the nurse began treating her while taking her blood, and so forth, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Now. Is it possible that she didn't go to the ER the second and third time? Yes it is. But then it's possible she did. I don't know. I'm really flabbergasted that she brought up something happening way back in July as one of the causes, according to her, that's making her upset, excited, especially since "but that's over with now."
Yeah she's 92 but I refuse to take that into consideration as in she can't help herself, and after all, as some feel, "she's 92." I'm absolutely certain there are some older and they don't act like her.
Anyway, I'm definitely keeping my distance. I mean, she has boyfriend, and his brothers hooked but not me!
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Munchausen syndrome. It could either be that she made it up for the pity-attention and caring, but some do actually go as far as making themselves sick in order to create the crisis situation to gain the attention. Even if she went to the ER, it's quite odd to have gone to the ER that many times in that short of a period without ending up seeing a normal GP doc or other type to find out why this many ER visits needed to happen.
What is obvious though with her statement for you to keep checking on her is that she does have an unhealthy need to have this kind of attention. don't get drawn into it anymore it will only enable her more.
she's not your mother and not even your mother in law. you're not married into her family, where even so you wouldn't necessarily be the responsible one for her care and checkups, but how much less as the GIRLFRIEND of her son? Yeah.. protect yourself.
*side note* as you mentioned her son, is her "go to" guy. seems he's been enabling her for years anyway. my question to you is, are you sure you want to be involved in a family dynamic like this anyway? I'm sure he's an alright guy but it's just something to consider.