Call your mother

[Anonymous]

My toxically negative narcissistic mother tries to infiltrate my life with her nastiness on a daily basis even though she’s been dead for a decade. Luckily I’ve done a lot of hard work in therapy so I’m pretty good now at telling her to STFU and get out of my head before wasting more than a little time on her each day. So grateful that she wallowed in her addictions and died relatively young from them so that I have some time left to live in peace without her being in this world and my life anymore. Hope you are rotting in hell, Ma, with all the other child abusers.

[Anonymous]

My brother sodomized me when I was 11. My parents learned of the attack and did nothing. I spoke to my mother once between 1989 and her death in 2021 (father died in 1995). I did not attend her services.

[Anonymous]

I’m really annoyed by the expectation that I always have to be the one to call. I’m the one with the full time job, kids, and nonstop activities. I think she’s called me less than 1% of all the times we’ve talked. Once when I was in my 20s and we got into a fight, I stopped calling. She didn’t call me for 4 months and then had my dad texting me to call her. It’s so childish. I’m never too busy to take a call from her btw.

My MIL does the same thing which basically means she never talks to us and has no idea what’s going on in our lives. Dh would love to talk to her but he’s not into calling people. Crazy how much she misses out on.

[Anonymous]

I’m completely overwhelmed with being a mom, running a house and working full time. I just don’t have the energy to call. Plus my iPhone isn’t working well. Anytime I try to call, the kids start screaming or something goes wrong because it’s taking attention from them. Any moment I’m not with the kids I’m working.

I also am jealous of her life and it’s hard to listen to fun stuff that she does, traveling or how bored she is. I’m probably on the verge of a breakdown and it’s hard to hear things like that. I just need to hire more help, but that costs more too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. How often do you call your mother? Varies, probably 2 times per week
2. How old are you? Mid-50s
3. How far does she lives? Now, 4 miles away, until a few years ago, 250 miles away
4. How often do you see her?

Varies, but probably 3 times in 2 months

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m completely overwhelmed with being a mom, running a house and working full time. I just don’t have the energy to call. Plus my iPhone isn’t working well. Anytime I try to call, the kids start screaming or something goes wrong because it’s taking attention from them. Any moment I’m not with the kids I’m working.

I also am jealous of her life and it’s hard to listen to fun stuff that she does, traveling or how bored she is. I’m probably on the verge of a breakdown and it’s hard to hear things like that. I just need to hire more help, but that costs more too.

She raised her kids, its her time to enjoy her life. Are you jealous and want her money?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

1. How often do you call your mother? 2-4 times a week.

2. How old are you? 50+

3. How far does she lives? Few hrs flight away

4. How often do you see her?

2-3 times per year

[Anonymous]

1. How often do you call your mother? 2-4 times a week.

2. How old are you? 50+

3. How far does she lives? Few hrs flight away

4. How often do you see her?

2-3 times per year

[Anonymous]

1. How often do you call your mother? 2-3 times/week, either during my commute or while I’m on a walk, so there is a defined end time
2. How old are you? 49
3. How far does she lives? Two hour drive now, lived 20 minutes away from her for a decade and that was rough
4. How often do you see her? About once per month