What many narcissists (and sociopaths) fail to do is understand where an intervention is taking place. Because Ashley cannot fathom strong parental/child relationships she probably has no idea that Tommy is probably on the phone to his mum regularly about this. He probably tried to pretend everything was ok at first but I have no doubt whatsoever that he hasn’t broken down to his mum and told her how dreadful things are. Where children are involved and a narcissistic mother it’s a very difficult situation to easily escape. Just because mother in law sent from heaven is being kind and seemingly generous with her time, Ash is very silly if she thinks Nana is doing this for her benefit. Her son and his wellbeing will always come first. I’m sure the time will come when Nana, having exhausted all avenues on her son’s behalf, will tell him to leave for his own sanity and that of his children. This is not a gender thing either, it was only after my divorce that my mum shared her concerns and the things she had done to step in to make life easier and prevent arguments, even when she wanted to tell my ex to ‘f off’ and stop being such a selfish and self absorbed idiot!