Dear Annie: I’ve been married to my husband for 25 years. My mother-in-law is not a nice woman. She will be lovely to someone’s face but then talk trash about them the moment they leave.

Over the years, she has repeatedly stopped talking to my husband over stupid things, like him not texting to check in on her or stopping by for a visit. Sometimes she’ll go months without speaking to him.

Two years ago, I had an operation that led to major complications. I ended up on life support, developed heart failure and spent more than six months in the hospital. Since then, I’ve been hospitalized four more times. During one of those stays, my husband called his mother because he was overwhelmed and stressed about my condition. Her advice? That he’d be better off if he left me.

Now my husband hasn

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