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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]op: I think she wants to re-create the relationship she had with her mother, in which she was powerless, and now she'll get to be the one in power.  This way she'll get rewarded for the effort she made.  Grandma used to hang up on her, gullt her for not visiting more, that type of thing.  My mom and I had a good relationship until my son's illness.  He was in the hospital for about 3-4 months the year before last.  We have repaired a lot of the damage to our relationship, but it is still tense.[/quote]

Harking back to Adult Orphan, I was a teen orphan.  I found it odd, but sweet, when friends called their mothers.  I often wondered if I had a mother at that age would we be calling each other?  How often?  The whole drama you are describing was not in the range of things I thought about.

I would simply demur when she mentions a set schedule.  Just for the heck of it, I'd call her on a Tuesday morning one week and a Wednesday afternoon on another.  Often enough so she couldn't complain, but not on a set schedule.

Sorry about your DS.  The older I get, the more I realize some people just are not good at dealing when things are down.  Life is short.  Silently forgive them and move on.  Having parents is a blessing.[/quote]

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