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[quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry. This would be so stressful! Personally, I’d sit down one evening with a glass of wine (alone) and spend it online researching & making a list of ideas for her with addresses and phone numbers. Exercise classes, meet up groups, clubs, religious centers, etc and dig deep. How about volunteer work? Look into those as well. Print everything out and give her the list. If it is classes or something costly that she can’t afford and you can, add a gift card for that item. Present it to your mother. Sometimes people just need a kick in the pants and a little push. Then every time she complains, steer her back to the list. Reward good behavior (want to meet for coffee and you can tell me about your new water aerobics class?) or whatever. Show interest in that and ignore her complaining/ I’m not without sympathy for her (and I know you are not either) but you can only point her in the right direction. [/quote]
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