My mum bought a new house not long after us and when I got my first brand new car she had to get a new one too even though hers was only a few years old, the silly woman had to use her super to do it.

As a child she thrived on me being sick, sometimes i wonder if it was munchausen (sp) by proxy as I was always at the dr's having scans, tests for who knows what. Turns out it was most likely lactose intolerance that I worked out pretty quickly after I moved out.

I see that she is latching onto my SIL now as I have little contact. She takes SIL to the dr pays her medical bills and try's to talk to me about her problems. My brother still let's her control his life and he can see he has the same traits, very little guilt and can lie so easily.