My Gum Cracking Mother in Law: She's STILL AT IT! UGH!

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I've posted over the past few years about my gum cracking mother in law and how

I am STUCK because I cannot confront her and no one else in my family believes

me or supports me regarding her, forgive me, RIDICULOUS AND OBNOXIOUS and

DELIBERATE gum popping and snapping, etc.

A year later I am STILL just AVOIDING her at all costs and it is still creating

awkwardness in our relationship.

Last week I was in the lobby at church and my sister called to say that our

mother was in the hospital with severe health complications, etc.

I started crying and looked for my mother in law to tell her and have her pick

up the kids from Sunday school so I could leave, etc.

Well all the while I was crying and telling her how my mother was sick my mother

in law was GNAWING ON THE GUM and making SNAPPING AND CRACKING NOISES!

I lost it folks! It's bad enough that she does it ALL THE TIME but when I'm

upset about something it just makes it worse. I got extra upset and said, " GO

GET THE KIDS! I HAVE TO GO! "

Being upset about my mother was bad enough and then I had the rage from my

mother in law's gum cracking, etc.

My mother in law was watching my kids when I worked the other day and when I was

on my way home my heart started pounding in anxiety because I feared she'd be

cracking the gum when I walked in. Sure enough, she was.

I have now found that I have to find excuses to NOT LOOK HER IN THE FACE when

she does it because the visual sets me off worse. Also, I find excuses to get

her to LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE such as how yesterday I pretended to have a

headache and more or less threw her right out the door.