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Letter from beyond the grave from my NC toxic mother. Nastiest thing I’ve ever read.

261 replies

TToxicDeadMother · 12/11/2020 21:41

Me and my brother have been NC with her for 6 years. Long story but she was very nasty and abusive. Emotionally all our lives and physically when we were kids.

She carried on being nasty and Critical all the time. Said nasty things about my appearance to my Dd and then denied saying it and called Dd a psycho. She was divorced from my dad by then after she had an affair and he caught her out. He died before we went NC and she was vile then. Insisted on coming to the funeral even though my dad had remarried, threw a tantrum because she couldn’t read the eulogy.....this was a woman who stabbed him the night she threw him out the house!

So she died 10 days ago. I’d been told she was dying and spent days sat with her in the hospital, she was too far gone to know I was there.

Today I got a letter via the solicitor. Pages and pages of abuse and ranting. Obviously I’m disinherited. Fine. Lies upon lies about how she never had an affair (she forgot she printed off the very explicit emails between her and the bloke involved and gave them to me for safe keeping). Lies about how I only went NC with her because I’m selfish and she had no use to me once Dd was older as I’d used her for babysitting.....she babysat occasionally. Like twice a year on request, other times were when she asked to have Dd.

She says she hopes the guilt kills me. She hopes my Dd are as wicked to me as I’ve been to her. Lots of insults. Says she never insulted me to Dd but then says....but you are the size of a house. I was a size 16!

What sort of fucking twisted bitch of a mother writes such a letter? She obviously wanted to be cruel and have the last word when she knows I can’t respond. I’m so fucking angry. I’m angry I visited her at the hospital. A little part of me thought the letter might express regret, how bloody wrong.

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Fullyhuman · 12/11/2020 21:44

Oh no! You had a tiny hope she might be expressing regret. You’d sat with her as she lay dying. You deserved better. I’m so sorry for your loss - you deserved a good mum.

kazza446 · 12/11/2020 21:46

Oh OP, I seriously do not have any words but I just didn’t want to read and run. She sounds like a troubled person. I’m so sorry she has done this to you.

Justcause233 · 12/11/2020 21:47

Well, she might hope you feel guilt, she might hope it all just leaves you a twisted mess..... But she fucked up massively. Because when your head clears you have this absolute proof that your mother was cruel. It is undisputable. There is absolutely no guilt in your future once that kicks in. She has overplayed her hand massively.

I am so sorry for your loss. I would look at booking with a counsellor. Having a mother like that leaves a legacy and I'm sorry.

SameToo · 12/11/2020 21:50

Tess it up, throw it in the bin and forget. Mother’s can be vile.

Flowers
SameToo · 12/11/2020 21:50

Tear not Tess Hmm

StephenBelafonte · 12/11/2020 21:52

That is probably the saddest and most shocking thing i've ever seen on mumsnet. You did the right thing going no contact with her. Are you OK? (you're not are you Sad) Have you got some support in real life?

I wish i could make things right for you, I really do.

Bunnymumy · 12/11/2020 21:52

Does she have a grave somewhere?
Have your ideal two litre of water per day...and go for a little walk through the graveyard.

RantyAnty · 12/11/2020 21:52

So very sorry you had to endure the cruelty of a toxic mother, even after death.

Flowers

My mother did something similar after she died.

Just know that you'll never be remotely like her in any way. How sad someone lived their life with a cruel black heart.

TToxicDeadMother · 12/11/2020 21:54

I messaged her friend who’s organising the funeral to say that after reading the contents of the letter I won’t be coming to the funeral. Her friend rang me back and said she was worried the letter might not be nice but had hoped she was wrong.

She’s currently clearing her house out and has found letters of a similar tone written to various people, neighbours, ex friends, etc. Not sure if they were unsent rants or copies of sent stuff. But at least her friend is beginning to see for herself what she was like. She fell out with everyone eventually. Every neighbour, she left every job under a cloud, fell out with every friend after a few years.

It’s certainly confirmed my opinion of her and I know I was right to be NC with her. Wish I’d done it sooner.

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Bargebill19 · 12/11/2020 21:55

She didn’t have the last word. You were and are better than her by being there at her demise, by still having faith in her and hoping that she would change, by being a 1000% better parent than she was, by just being a better, nicer person in general.
Destroy the letter - no good will ever come of it and get some counselling as a pp suggested. Grieve for the loss of what you could have had, not for the person you had as a mother.
💐

TerribleCustomerCervix · 12/11/2020 21:55

I’d burn it in a waste paper basket out the back garden while drinking a nice glass of wine and toasting to the last bit of correspondence from her.

AnneLovesGilbert · 12/11/2020 21:56

Jesus OP. I can imagine DH’s mum doing exactly the same thing and my heart breaks for you. Think about what you’ve overcome despite having had that sort of horror in your life. You’re a survivor. I hope you’ve got good people around you. It’s breathtaking how evil people can be.

PatsyJStone · 12/11/2020 21:57

It’s very tough for you and I don’t know how I would put it behind me. But, you are not your mum, you can be everything she wasn’t to you, to your own children. Concentrate on enjoying your life, being the best mum you can be.. learn by her mistakes. Try and rise above this, you are the better person.

Merename · 12/11/2020 21:57

I am so shocked by this, too. What a cruel and selfish thing to do, to make sure she expressed her bile at you even in death. I understand your regret at sitting with her but you did a decent thing to someone who was not decent to you. That is an incredibly kind act and one you should feel proud of. Pp is right - you did/do not deserve how she has treated you, it is not your fault. Flowers

TToxicDeadMother · 12/11/2020 21:57

I’m raging, I feel quite shaky I’m so angry.

I think counselling is probably a good idea. I haven’t cried or even been close to crying since she died as I haven’t been sad but I’m close to tears tonight.

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Eekay · 12/11/2020 21:57

Bloody hell, I really feel for you.

Jobseeker19 · 12/11/2020 21:57

So it seems she fell out with everyone and wrote letters to them all. At least you have validation that it wasn't just you that she aimed everything at.

Dogneedsbrushing · 12/11/2020 21:58

I’m so sorry OP,this is a dreadful thing to happen and it proves that you are the better person in this. She sounds unbelievably cruel. I agree with the PP who says that counselling might be a good idea. You can rant and rave and the counsellor will validate your feelings.

Be kind to yourself. You are a lovely person.

TwilightSkies · 12/11/2020 21:58

Bloody hell thats awful!
She was so full of hate wasn’t she? A really unhappy person by the sounds of things.
I’m sorry, I’m sure you feel such a range of emotions right now.
I hope you have plenty of support, or seek
some out if you need to.
Hugs xxxx

TToxicDeadMother · 12/11/2020 22:00

Certainly wasn’t just me. But the bizarre thing was she couldn’t see that she was the common denominator in every relationship blowup she had. No awareness at all. She had a massive superiority complex, thought she was very intelligent and everyone else was stupid. Nothing was ever her fault.

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TammyTwoSawnson · 12/11/2020 22:00

I read somewhere that the best revenge, is living well.

A bit of a cliché, but you can live well. She can't, it's over for her. I'm so sorry she was so cruel, it must have been awful to read those things. Flowers

CandyLeBonBon · 12/11/2020 22:01

@TToxicDeadMother

I messaged her friend who’s organising the funeral to say that after reading the contents of the letter I won’t be coming to the funeral. Her friend rang me back and said she was worried the letter might not be nice but had hoped she was wrong.

She’s currently clearing her house out and has found letters of a similar tone written to various people, neighbours, ex friends, etc. Not sure if they were unsent rants or copies of sent stuff. But at least her friend is beginning to see for herself what she was like. She fell out with everyone eventually. Every neighbour, she left every job under a cloud, fell out with every friend after a few years.

It’s certainly confirmed my opinion of her and I know I was right to be NC with her. Wish I’d done it sooner.

I'm so sorry op. My exh's family are all exactly like this. It's hard to believe people can be truly this toxic and malicious unless you've come face to face with it.

I hope you're ok. Bit much practical advice but wanted to offer some words of support Thanks

user1294729492759 · 12/11/2020 22:01

I'm so sorry. That's unspeakably awful.

TToxicDeadMother · 12/11/2020 22:02

There’s been times over the last few years especially in lockdown that I nearly wavered. I worried she was lonely, etc. She had no family at all and few friends and I’d heard her health was failing.

Now I bloody hope her last few years were lonely and miserable.

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StephenBelafonte · 12/11/2020 22:02

Did your brother get a similar letter?

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