Don't raise a snowflake....

I have always thought of a snowflake as someone who melts when there is a little bit of heat.
The car breaks down. I would call the RAC, put on my coat and wait at the side of the road for them to arrive.
My DiL would panic, ring DS in tears so that he would take care of everything for her, from phoning the RAC, to driving to her to comfort her.
She can't cope with taking her car into the garage for its MOT. So he takes the day off work to do it for her.

Her father did all of these things for her, so she never learned to stand on her own two feet. She is incapable

I love her to bits, but by God, she can be hard work.

Thank you to all who posted.

Daisydoes your post rather sums it up! She can't cope with taking the car for an MOT!

If her father did all of that for her, he sort of failed as a parent.

Some seem to have understood the point I was trying to make, some didnt, some took exception to the use of the word "snowflake" some didnt.

shrug emoticon! (You'll have to imagine it, there, isn't one)