No point beating about the bush; my MIL is clearly anorexic. Been married to DH for 2 years, together for 7 and we are expecting our first baby, a girl, in September.
The thing is, she has never been diagnosed and NOBODY in the family ever seems to acknowledge that she is clearly anorexic. She is painfully thin to the extent that I notice people stare when she's out. She has always been this way; ive seen old photographs. I have asked DH outright in the past (I come from a family where we just "say" things to each other) and he says: "shes not anorexic, she's never liked food" in a very nanchallent way. She raised her kids vegan, I believe, to cut out food groups and to this day DH is still Vegetarian. She always seems distant and borderline snappy, shows no engaged interest in our baby (by this I mean she says all the right things but doesn't come across genuine). I always think we would never see her if we didn't bother to see her. Don't get me wrong, she's lovely but I can't understand why her anorexia has never been addressed by her family. They're all very 'polite' with each other, I just worry that's all. Any advice welcome
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GinaGel · 26/06/2015 09:02
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