Mumsnet user rages after her mum pretends she is anorexic so that she can get SIX MONTHS off work to ‘help her daughter recover’
The woman, 32, said she hadn’t suffered with the eating disorder since she was 24 and her mum is actually going on HOLIDAY - but should she expose her?
A WOMAN has raged online after her mum said that she was anorexic so that she could get a sabbatical from work.
The woman, 32, took to to reveal that her mum had been granted the six month break from work because she’d claimed to need “time off " to help her "recover from an anorexia relapse”.
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The poster added that her mother had claimed this in-spite of the fact that she hadn’t suffered with the eating disorder since she was 24.
She wrote: “I am not, nor have I been, suffering from anorexia since I was 24 years old.
“I am now 32. I am fit and well and living in London, 200 miles not nearly enough away from her.
“What is laughable, as when I did have anorexia and was attending an outpatient clinic bi-weekly, she didn't want to know.
“She did not drive me to appointments. (I walked, it was four miles each way) she did not attend the joint therapy session.
“Her general attitude at the time was 'what do you want me to do, force you to eat?'
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"She's off to the Canaries on Friday and she plans to do a few craft projects around the house."
“Long story short, I got over it with the help of my then-boyfriend, and we moved to London, so I could be away from her.
“She's not much interested in me really except to have the odd dig, although she very much adores my brother… [who] is married to a woman my mother affectionately refers to as the 'daughter she never had'.
“So, she had a meeting with her boss at work and has told her she needs to be able to go down to London at least twice a week or so or just whenever I need her to support me through this oh so serious relapse.
“There's nothing wrong with me. But since I do not visit my home town more than once a year if I can help it, it's likely that no one will know any different to what she's told them.
“I feel like calling her work and telling them. I'm livid.
“Oh, and what is her job? She works with VULNERABLE ADULTS.”
Needless to say, users were quick to comment on the post – and many thought the woman should inform her mum’s boss.
One said: “I think I'd actually do it. That's disgusting.”
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Another added: “Disgusting behaviour! If you want her out of your life for good then ring them. How is your relationship with your brother? As he is likely to side with her.”
A third said: “I would. In fact I'd maybe go in person so they can see that you are not 'skin and bone'.”
But, while the majority of replies were all for the woman dobbing her mum in, others reckoned it wasn’t a good idea.
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One such user wrote: “No, stay out of it.
I know the temptation is there, and I totally understand it, but now is the time to just close the door on this relationship once and for all.
“Getting caught up in her games and trying to catch her out will do you no good.
“Tell her that you are appalled by what she's done and that you've had enough of her then stop contact.”
Another agreed: “I wouldn't do it.
“I understand that you want to - your story mirrors mine somewhat (my parents didn't give a f*** about my anorexia when I was young, now use it to their advantage).
“If you call then you cast her in the victim role forever, you've done something she can use against you.
“You need to step away and leave her to it. Lies do eventually catch up with people.
“She sounds pretty toxic. You can do this without chucking a hand grenade into the relationship.”
A third agreed: “Definitely DON'T do it. Yes, she's done a despicable thing, but leave her to it. Step away.
“Don't engage with this at all.”
What do you think?
Previously, we revealed some of the most inspiring anorexia recovery stories.
We also reported on the teen who starved herself to just 5st 5lb after becoming obsessed with having a "supermodel thigh gap".