Managing Difficult Grandparents with Narcissistic Traits

navigating difficult relationships with self-centered grandparents

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2025 September 11 . 3:03 PM

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Strategies for Navigating Narcissistic Grandparents

Managing Difficult Grandparents with Narcissistic Traits

In a heart-wrenching tale of family strife, Susie and her husband have been dealing with the consequences of narcissistic behaviour from his mother. The man, who spent many years in therapy, endured emotional, mental, and sometimes physical abuse from his narcissistic mother as a child. This painful past has left deep scars that Susie's husband is still trying to heal.

Recently, Susie took her son away from her husband's family after an incident at a family gathering. Susie's 2-year-old son was tripped by Susie's mother-in-law, who laughed while the child cried from the fall. This was not an isolated incident. The tripping of Susie's son, followed by laughter and belittlement, was a pattern that Susie's husband did not want to pass down to another generation.

During the same gathering, Susie's husband listened to a ten-minute rant from his mother about Susie's supposed faults. She accused Susie of being overprotective of their son and coddling him. This was not the first time Susie's husband had heard such harsh words from his mother. He had always hoped that with age and a deteriorating physical condition, his mother would no longer be a threat to their son. However, the incident proved him wrong.

Susie's husband was devastated. He felt let down by his mother, who should have been a source of love and support for him and his family. He made the difficult decision to cut ties with his mother, hoping to protect his son from further harm.

The search for his mother's name in the provided results came back empty, but the pain of her actions remains. Susie and her husband continue to navigate their way through this challenging situation, hoping for a brighter future where their son can grow up in a loving, nurturing environment, free from the shadows of narcissistic abuse.