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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Older people just complain a lot.  Ignore it and fold the laundry while you half listen.[/quote]

Interesting!  Reading DCUM one would get the impression that daughters complain a lot about their mothers and DILs complain a lot about their MILs.  So it appears that young and middle aged women complain a lot.[/quote]

It’s almost as if working women who have young kids and/or teenagers have busier and harder lives than retirees who literally have nothing to do all day but keep track of which of their children call, when.[/quote]
Busier, yes. Harder, I’m not so sure. I wouldn’t want to trade places with OP’s mom. Being busy, feeling useful, having energy, all sounds much better than sitting around hoping your kid will call you for a few minutes.[/quote]

Well then, there are certainly better ways to ask your adult children to call you more or convey to them that you are lonely than guilt-tripping them, which is a sure way to make them dread calling you, as evidenced by this very thread. [/quote]

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