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[quote=Anonymous]When I was just out of college I had a coworker who had a very possessive fiancee and didn't have any friends outside of work, and I was basically his only work friend. His fiancee dumped him and he called me every night crying. I remember one time I saw his name on the caller ID and thought, "I just can't" and I didn't answer. The next day he said, "Did you know yesterday was the first time we haven't talked on the phone in a month?" YES I DID.

Thankfully that was a short lived time of need for him. He went on to marry a wonderful lady who blew his old fiancee out of the water. I hope this is a short-lived time for your FIL's widow as well. I agree with the advice to wean her gradually, slowly reducing both the length and frequency of the calls. I'd also encourage her to play bridge or mahjong or something to meet up with other people. She's obviously lonely and filling the hole left by FIL with phone calls.

The great thing about phones is that you can just hang up, not call back, etc. It's much easier than having a person in your living room who doesn't want to leave. So I'd start doing that on occasion, "Oh shoot, totally forgot about [muffled], gotta go Mary!" and hang up on her before she can ask for a call back. Or if she asks for a call back, say, "I'll do my best! Ok bye!" and then don't call back. [/quote]

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