Not that I'm trying to psychoanalyze your mother, who has passed, but I'm curious if you've ever compared her behavior with Borderline Personality Disorder? I

Not that I'm trying to psychoanalyze your mother, who has passed, but I'm curious if you've ever compared her behavior with Borderline Personality Disorder? I had a short (fortunately) relationship with a woman who was diagnosed, and there's a certain 'flavor' to the lies that I noticed when reading about the rocks. Cheating is also common with BPD. I'm glad it didn't work out, because I can see how the push-pull messes with your head. Something as insane as your wife, who ostensibly loves you, adding weight to your backpack and not revealing the 'joke' for a week is insanely malicious.