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Lona Mon 10-Feb-14 10:17:47

Thistledoo A horrible situation for you and your poor dgd.flowers

when is right, don't join in with fb,it will only make it worse.

kittylester Mon 10-Feb-14 10:14:49

(((hugs))) Thistledoo

I have nothing to add to what Mishap and when said but it must be very difficult for you.

whenim64 Mon 10-Feb-14 10:10:05

Whatever you do, don't start anything on Facebook. The damage has been done and at some point she could delete what she has written to hurt you so much. Having a confrontation with her isn't going to improve things for your grandchild who, it seems, is close to you.

Once things die down and, hopefully, return to some sort of normality, perhaps you could find out what triggered the dramatic reaction to what you saw as a minor altercation, so things can be ironed out between you. Good luck.

Mishap Mon 10-Feb-14 10:03:45

What a bind you are in - you probably want to tell her to go take a jump, but also want to maintain a relationship and protect and support your DGD. That is, I guess, the priority - over and above standing your ground over an apology.

It must be so hard for you, as she must be a sad woman to behave in that way, and that must cause you pain.

Thistledoo Mon 10-Feb-14 09:57:53

I am wondering what other GNs who do in my situation.
My DD with whom we, as a family have a very stormy relationship.
I have posted before regarding the situation, under the heading Daughter Problems, and received lots of good support from everyone who replied.
I am always hopeful that things will improve, and from time to time they do. She is very abusive towards me and manages to say things to us that have maximum impact. I look after my DGD (her DD)
before and after school, along with many other things including financial support. We pay for all activities, dinner money, school uniforms, shoes, winter coats plus many many other things as required.
This week after an altercation over something very trivial, DD stormed out dragging DGD behind her and drove off in an unbelievable rage.
We didn't see her for two days. Then out of the blue an x colleague of mine
phoned me to say that DD had put a rant of Facebook about how we give her no support as a single mother and in a word, we were terrible parents, and we are destroying her relationship with her DD.
I am absolutely gobsmacked that these untrue statements were put out on a public forum for all her FB friends to see, plus all my far flung family.
Since then a few folk have said to me that they know how untrue this all is and have as a result defriended her.
My gut reaction is that I would like her to put a public apology on her FB page. We have received no hint of an apology from her and when I tackled her about it she just said that everything she said was true.
We feel publicly humiliated.
I would be interested to hear from anyone who can offer any advice.