I'm really glad you didn't back down and that your comment made her take the photo down. I'm also glad your sister was able to validate you. My parents weren't alcoholics, and I don't have clinically diagnosed PTSD, but when I feel like my childhood experience is not validated somehow by my parents, I feel like I could go ballistic. There was a lot of "laughing while I cry" stuff that went on, and the rage I can still feel to this day when I feel the feelings of being in that situation is astounding. The affair definitely brought those out in full force.
Thank you! I'm having dual issues with my family and my AH's affairs. I had nightmares about him forever, about him laughing at me while with other women. I konw i was set up to accept that relationship by my parents. Folks who have loving, present parents don't take the kind of abuse that I did.
I swear, I look at him today and think, "thank God I'm not in love with you anymore." Same thing applies to my parents.