My mother in law only cares about a handful of things. If it's something that's not important to her she'll turn away or literally fall asleep. I've had health problems my entire life but since she's seen it one of them on TV, all of a sudden she's so understanding. Everyone tells me to just be greatful that she understands now but I just feel disrespected. It's like she's been ingnoring me for years. I don't want to have a relationship with her anymore because when I have a health scare come up again - she may care, she may not. My husband says I should tell her that it's important to me that she listens but I feel as though if she truly cared she would listen on her own. Plus now when she sees me she just looks at me with pity.