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[quote=Anonymous]	It’s weird you care op. It’s weird that you think a half of a couple wouldn’t tell their partner what was said… “I talked to Joe today and he’s worried about..” or whatever. 
Honestly, you sound like a mean girl. What’s going on with that? Your mom is trying to get to know you and you are rebuffing her. That’s not nice. Do you have kids? Generally when one parent is easygoing, another has to be more hard because kids do need to know how life works. For example my teenager left the stove on last week. My husband said it was a mistake and I’m sure it was. Then she did it again just a couple days ago and I laid into her pointing out that once is a mistake, twice is a pattern and both times the conditions were the same. No way was I going to say “Oops, it was a mistake” since clearly that approach didn’t work the first time.  You sound like you are a 12-year-old with your “my mom is judgmental” and “so weird they share a phone” when you really wouldn’t mind if your mom *didn’t* have a cell phone.

I read your post wanting to like you. My dad is the keeper of the cell phone and like you, he and I used to work together. We text a fair bit. That being said, I’m not at all surprised when my mom comments on whatever my dad and I were talking about. At the same time, my dad has commented on things I’ve said to my mom.. and at times it has been uncomfortable like the time I wanted postpartum pads and my dad was worried something was really wrong with me or with my baby. Once I understood why he was asking me so many questions I reassured him everything was fine and thought “he really does like me and his grandchild”. It can also be difficult to plan a surprise for either parent, my sister and I found that out when we were planning a surprise (at my mom’s request) for dad’s birthday.

You though just sound mean. Do you also get cranky when a male friend tells his girlfriend or wife about something you told him in confidence?  If so, don’t be surprised when your friends pull away. I can tell you now that any woman who expects my husband to keep a secret from me is not someone who will remain a friend for long.   Really think about why you feel the right to have such private communication with anybody but a husband, your husband.  
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