What really made my stomach turn is that my Aunt had a smile on her face. At first I took it as maybe she’s trying to stay positive about the situation or having some odd nervous reaction but it was a huge huge smile as if she won the lottery. My grandma was not well off by any means so I highly doubt she had much in her will and my uncle was clearly not smiling in the picture.

She was also extremely unempathetic when my dad passed away during my mid 20s, telling me I need to man up and do better in life. I was working, in a relationship and doing my best to help my mom out. Am I overreacting or does she come off as a full blown sociopath?

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    4 days ago

    My paternal grandma died last year. And my dad remarried in 2017.

    Not really enough time for his new wife to establish much rapport.

    Dad had always been a Mama’s boy and lived most all of his life clinging to his mom’s skirts anyway.

    Yet when grandma died it was the new wife who casually sent me a picture taken with her phone of my grandma’s corpse in the hospital bed.

    Horrifying, and very inappropriate. All of this is to say that I can relate to your situation and no, you aren’t overreacting.