"I divorced my narcissistic husband after our children were raised." "I know she may never read this, but it doesn't matter to me if it will help someone who does read it." "If I'm not worth my children's time, they don't deserve my money."
I'm sensing a whole toxic stew of family dysfunction just below the surface of those three sentences.
Some things I note: - she wasn't writing to ask Abby's advice, but to air her grievance. - the first thing she says in that letter IS that her ex was a narcissist, and it's not relevant to the rest of the letter (unless it was edited for publication) and I think that means something, although I don't know exactly what - she signed her letter WORTHLESS UP NORTH - this is total speculation, but "she may never read this" and "tried to have a relationship" suggest to me that the lines of communication are perhaps less open than she implied in this letter. Like, one or more of her children are low-contact or no-contact.
Not trying to diagnose her (or her ex-husband), the actual diagnosis doesn't really matter, I am just saying: I hope Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril don't need the money, because I think they'd be better off without it than trying to audition for a line in her will.
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"I know she may never read this, but it doesn't matter to me if it will help someone who does read it."
"If I'm not worth my children's time, they don't deserve my money."
I'm sensing a whole toxic stew of family dysfunction just below the surface of those three sentences.
Some things I note:
- she wasn't writing to ask Abby's advice, but to air her grievance.
- the first thing she says in that letter IS that her ex was a narcissist, and it's not relevant to the rest of the letter (unless it was edited for publication) and I think that means something, although I don't know exactly what
- she signed her letter WORTHLESS UP NORTH
- this is total speculation, but "she may never read this" and "tried to have a relationship" suggest to me that the lines of communication are perhaps less open than she implied in this letter. Like, one or more of her children are low-contact or no-contact.
Not trying to diagnose her (or her ex-husband), the actual diagnosis doesn't really matter, I am just saying: I hope Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril don't need the money, because I think they'd be better off without it than trying to audition for a line in her will.