Every single time I have to see MIL she makes derogatory comments about single parents, about how 'damaging' it is for children and telling me that my father should have been around (alchoholic, was told he could see us in a contact centre but didn't bother to sort anything out) and I actually had a perfectly happy childhood being brought up by just my mum. She, on the other hand grew up watching their father emotionally and physically abuse their mother but apparently that's OK because they had both parents around. I'm currently on DH's laptop because mine has broken, he left his email logged on and she's sent him an email with a talk about how childhood trauma affects people their whole life saying that it 'might explain Discopanda'. WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!