Dear Abby: I’m afraid my self-centered mother-in-law is never going to change

Dear Abby: Self-centered grandmother alienates entire family

DEAR ABBY: I have a mother-in-law of 30 years I distance myself from. I do this in order to maintain my sanity. She seems incapable of carrying on a normal conversation and responds to any comment or question by talking about herself, even though it usually has nothing to do with what was said. What bothers me most is when she's around our adult children. She won't ask them any questions, isn't interested in how they are or what they are up to, …

Dear Abby Tackles a Self-Absorbed Mother-in-Law and a Sibling Rift Over a Father’s Death

Advice columnist Dear Abby weighs in on a reader whose mother-in-law of 30 years shows little interest in her grandchildren, and another reader named executor of a parent's estate after learning of their father's death through social media.

DEAR ABBY: Self-centred grandmother alienates entire family

An advice-seeker's mother-in-law seems incapable of carrying on a normal conversation and responds to any comment by talking about herself.

Self-centered grandmother alienates entire family

Dear Abby: I have a mother-in-law of 30 years I distance myself from. I do this in order to maintain my sanity. She seems incapable of carrying on a normal conversation and responds to any comment or question by talking…

Dear Abby: I’m afraid my self-centered mother-in-law is never going to change

Dear Abby advises a frustrated daughter-in-law of 30 years that her self-centered mother-in-law is never going to change and to accept reality.

Abby: Self-centered grandmother alienates entire family

DEAR ABBY: I have a mother-in-law of 30 years I distance myself from. I do this in order to maintain my sanity. She seems incapable of carrying on a normal conversation and responds to any comment or question by talking…