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[quote=Anonymous]My father who was only slightly present in my life growing up was like this. Your mother lacks boundaries and sounds manipulative. its your job to firmly enforce the boundaries. However, it sounds like she isn't going to listen even if you spell them out clearly. So, you'll have to show your boundaries through your behavior. If she says, "call me after the drs appt," just be silent and don't call. If she says send me pictures, why didn't you send me pics, I'm the grandmother...the response is silence or "I'm busy. I need to go now." It may take a while though for her to catch on. It took my ILs 5 yrs. My dad never caught on and decided the relationship had to be on his terms or not at all.[/quote]
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