Thank you! Through reading comments like yours I get a better understanding as to what strategies I can employ. I’m sorry about your mother’s comments, how painful!

I think the zombie analogy is a good one. They are under the spell of another and they cannot be awakened. A few do come around, but it’s infrequent.

I’ve left the country before and spent 10 years in Peru. I might do it again.

Thanks for your support!