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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are probably lonely. An older relative did this to me but with phone calls. I didn’t have time to tak for two hours in a weekday, especially listening to a litany of complaints.

I set boundaries around it. I don’t take calls during the workday. I tak to them at night at a time that works for you my schedule. I spaced out the calls so it wasn’t as frequent.

You can let them know this in a nice way. “I love hearing from you. Due to my crazy work load, I feel bad I can’t get back to you during the work day. When I’m not driving the kids somewhere at night or cooking fir them, I have time and will be most likely to text then. Thanks so much for keeping in touch!” [/quote]

I am all for spacing out things and figuring out what works for you. Unless you truly love hearing from the person, I don't think you are doing anyone a service lying. If you don't enjoy keeping in touch and are just being charitable, don't thank the person. it's insincere. Stick to genuine compliments. If the person mentions doing volunteer work to life her spirits and meet people commend her0that is worthy of praise. If the person is going to community center activities compliment that. [/quote]

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