So, I've posted about a FB account that SIL & me set up & friended BM on. Before I get jumped on for being nosey & invading privacy, let me explain that BM has created a situation for DH & his family that does not allow them to contact skids. Skids can contact him if they wish to, but they don't. This FB account is the only way we've had for the last 2 years to be able to see pics of skids as they've grown & to know what activities, etc they participate in, etc. So, BM has proven to be the little boy that cried wolf. As it suits her, she claims to be a victim of abuse, illness, etc. The one that changed step-life as we knew it was her claim to be terminal with cancer. According to her lawyer, she did have a mild form but it was easily taken care of...no biggie. About 2 months ago, her BFF of about 3 years bowed out of their friendship...most certainly because she'd walked the world for BM & BM kept demanding more. Eventually people get tired of being used. Anyway, BM started posting, again, about stage 4 cancer. She made that mention once. She followed that with random posts about being excited about going shopping, why can't she find a good man, etc, & then as people stop commenting on her page, she'll throw in another thing about being sick with cancer. She's clearly an attention whore. Several days ago she posted a quiz about "What kind of mom are you?". Her result was "Super Mom"....yeah, whatever. Anyway, BM's comment on the result was, "*sigh* yeah, before i got sick again". Well, this FB account we've set up...we never use it to comment, only to watch. I was at SIL's last night & SIL made mention that for 4 days, her little pity comment sat unacknowledged, & we laughed about it. So, we comment back, "Hope you feel better soon". It wasn't 10 minutes after that she replied, "Thank you so much. so glad somebody finally noticed. much needed some positivity. It's so hard to do everything. raise 2 kids all by myself. especially when sick & all the time crying & no one there for me". It was tempting to reply with something like, "Raising 2 kids all by yourself??? Maybe you should let their dad have some time with them to ease your pain". But, I figured it'd serve me well to just laugh it off with SIL & let it go.