I once listened to "The Ikonns" podcast where Alex said his mom was too naive and kind (read people take advantage of her) so I think she mostly does it out of love and like someone said she's a pushover. Alex might pay her anyway (showing it as a business expense of course) that's certainly a possibility but its clear they use her under the rouse of free exotic trips and more time with her grandchild and son.Actually I think they pay her for her service. Noone would degrade herself to the level of being nonexistent unless she gets something in return. Also she doesn't work. So I bet they pay her, she shuts her mouth and behaves as if she doesn't exist. I watched her question tag with Mimi on youtube, she is a selfless woman, she sounded like she doesn't have her own ideas, thoughts. She is more of a third wheel in this relationship. Excessively awkward. I have never seen anything like that in my life. They said 3 of them lived together in that Canada flat when they are newly married. Newly married, in the same flat with my MIL? No way hun.
It is obvious they manipulate her and narscissists are masters of manipulation. Poor Lidia. She fools herself thinking she has the opportunity to spend time with her grandchildIt is not spending time, it is raising a kid all over again. I don't think she has as much me time or free time as Mimi or Alex.
And I really don't get, what is wrong about acknowledging MIL's help?
By the way, while watching Leyla's vlog I caught one of mimi's many lies. I think ,last year when someone asked why she brings Lidia everywhere with them, if she is with them to babysit or not, she agressively denied it and said "no, we travel with our family all the time, even before Alexa bla bla bla." But in Leyla's vlog in Cape town, Lidia says it is the third time she is there. Alexa was like 2 or 3 years old in that video that means she started to travel with them to Cape Town when Mimi was pregnant or when Alexa is a newborn. I think she babysits, cooks and cleans for them. I wish I am wrong.
Lalaland as I like to call her seems like a tougher woman who has been through much though she's all happy smiles at this stage in her life. I bet Meme blames all her issues on Lalaland's strict parenting. She for sure does it for the free holidays rather than babysitting.
Leyla used to be somewhat normal and I actually liked her videos with her daughter but now it's all meditation voodoo tit that i couldn't care less about
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