A few threads have been almost "triggering" for me recently. I am using inverted commas because I am massively over egging the word triggering and I'm fully aware of the fact that I'm exaggerating and being OTT. But my god, I feel so angry right now. BIL is a delusional, abusive twat who is probably a covert narcissist. Sadly, from being on MN, I see that there's a sort of "script" with men (people) like him and he is 100% on there. Things have ramped up recently as hm and SIL are finally almost completely split up. He does his best to get us involved with his delusions (we consistently ignore and/or tell him to stop) but it's infuriating. Most recently we've had:
Long ranting messages telling us that he needed to "teach SIL a lesson" (justifying some pretty poor behaviour from him, including physical threats).
Attempts to get Dh to agree with him (man to man?) that SIL spending time with a man he dislikes is unacceptable (him and SIL are separated).
Veiled threats aimed at MIL
A firmly worded suggestion that we should discipline our DS because DS knows about the above physical threats (hard to miss - he's not deaf or blind)
A whinge that he is not invited to our family events any more.
And breathe. I might have to exit MN for a short while. Just because seeing how common men like this are infuriates me so much for all the women like SIL who are so beaten down by it.