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[quote=Anonymous]My dad died years ago, OP, and my mom wants daily phone calls because she’s lonely. That’s fair. But her loneliness isn’t my responsibility or something I can fix, and I will add that the idea that she was the only one affected by the loss of my dad and that the new lives in our family- my children- should come second to her needs? That really started to grate on me. I eventually stopped the daily calls because I was shortchanging helpless children to comfort an adult who was grieving the same person I was. In my case my mom wasn’t a very good mom and is not a helpful or involved grandparent, so it might be harder for someone with a different situation. But OP, I hear you. It is actually really hard to give someone 20-30 minutes every. single. night. when you only have 3 hours after school with your kids. I think that’s really a really demanding ask and doesn’t show any perspective for others’ needs.[/quote]
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