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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you invite your mother to stay at your house every now and then? Or stay in a hotel  near their home and inveigle your mother to come out and do things? I would be very blunt with your father. [/quote]

OP here. She won't travel without him. She won't even sit in a Starbucks alone. She would never leave him out. Again, she defends him and even treats him as if he's her kid (hence why I need her help reining in his behavior, he won't accept any criticism of his behavior from me). If they weren't my parents, I'd avoid them, but alas, it is what it is. I have a sibling who is in her 40s and still relies on them extensively support, so she hears no evil, sees no evil.[/quote]

That's a shame. My mother tends to be like this too, but she does fight back now and again vis-a-vis my father. They get into tiffs. She does go out for walks with her friend to get a breather from my father, sometimes, so I guess I should be thankful for small mercies...

I think you should limit contact despite your mother's requests. Your children are your priority, and after that it's YOU who is your priority :-) Everyone else comes after. Don't become your mother, and put everyone else first.[/quote]

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