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[quote=Anonymous]One more idea. Once I had this sort of fight w/my mom who said I had no time for her. I printed a calendar (3 months) and highlighted opportunities for us to get together and mailed it to her. I blocked out times I could NOT change my plans (a wedding, for example). She said that seeing the dates in front of her helped her to see that I was not ALWAYS busy, but when we spoke on the phone, she heard "no" all the time. It was just using a different medium that helped. I used that at work sometimes when I needed to show a boss how close a deadline was, or how many projects we have going on at one time. Some people are not great verbal communicators and process auditory info in a different way. I even send my mom paper invites to obvious event (Baptisms, or my kid's birthday party) because she doesn't feel invited. It doesn't always work, but it fails less often that talking. YMMV.[/quote]
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