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What DH got from my mom for Christmas...
A slinky. It's better than last years gift which was nothing. I was horrified last year, as was my grandma (her mother) who did say something to my mom and DH had a card in the mail a few weeks later. The year before that she got DH a knife sharpener...it was regifted...I got a can of green beans from the pantry.
She sent a few other gifts for us, one was a clearly regifted, already opened diffuser set and also a white washcloth shaped like a duck. I felt bad for DH, but after 7 years he is used to her "gifts". I didn't do so well when I realized all she got DS was a handpuppet. This is after she had asked for lists for all of us. We got nothing from the list. All of the gifts came from the store her husband owns anyways.
She is not poor by any means, she is now very selfish and self centered. Ten years ago she married someone who told her she would never have to work again. This after struggling most of her life to raise my sister and I after having us very young. Now the only thing she cares about are her horses, which get custom made saddles and weekly horse massages, no joke. It hurts, but I have tried, as well as other family members talking to her about her ways, it doesn't work. I'm not even sure what to do or say, if anything to her this year. I guess this was more of a vent, but thanks for listening.
Re: What DH got from my mom for Christmas...
I doubt mentally their are any issues. She is young at 48 and very physically fit. It was really since the birth of DS and talking with family that I realized she is just not maternal. As much as I want her to care about and love on DS, she just doesn't and it upsets me.