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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every 4 or 5 months I feel like my DD and I aren't connected as much as we need to.  I'll take her out for a drink (boba, Starbucks, whatever) and we'll talk.  "What's up with Erin?" "What happened to that boy who was annoying you in math?"  "Are you and Cole still friends?"  These types of questions get her talking.[/quote]

Ugh. That sounds terrible. My mom still asks me this kind of nosy stuff at almost 40 and it makes me not want to share anything. [/quote]

Ditto. Anything I tell my mom gives her an opening for a lengthy, obsessive interrogation.[/quote]

Same. I hate answering the non-stop questions - interrogation style. Also why I guit Facebook. She was stalking me online.[/quote]

Lol, did you miss the part where I said it's every 4 or 5 months?  And perhaps it wasn't clear, but those were examples of things I'd ask to get her talking. I don't interrogate her.  God, you all have such mother issues. that it's impossible for you to believe a mother and daughter can actually get along well.[/quote]

+1  you only get parents haters responding whenever someone post about their efforts to have a relationship with their child. PP you quoted sounds entitled, like they're doing their parents a favor by acknowledging them. They're lucky to have the love of anyone with attitudes like that. If I was PP's mother I would have done with her a long time ago.[/quote]

I'll go one higher....  I would not have RAISED such an entitled child.  :-) (Usually, the parents raise kids to such levels of entitlement!)

My mother would always ask "what's going on with Dave that has the job as an Accountant" or "Susie that was boy-crazy."  LOL.  It was just a way to connect and show interest in my life (and some passing curiosity).  I do the same with my high school teens and when they are feeling particularly indulgent, they will get out their yearbooks (or their phone to share Instagram) and update me on their teen-universe. :-)[/quote]

Right? My DD is so amused that I remember the name of her friend's iguana.  There's a huge difference between asking your daughter "How's Geico doing these days?" and "Is Geico getting any attention these days now that Jamie is hanging out with that loser she's dating?"   I don't ask judgey question, and my responses have minimal judgment. [/quote]

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