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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you can say "I needed a relative of mine at home in the evenings".....but your need does not make that a fact that everyone in the world must agree with and fulfill.

Maybe your mom had her own competing needs. Maybe she *needed* to be with her husband and not be away from home for so long. Maybe she did not feel up to emotionally supporting young children. Other people have needs too! They are legitimate. You may not think so, but you cannot just disregard other people's needs.

You had to beg her to stay every day? Why did you do that? Seriously, why did you not turn to friends for help? You could have hired additional help in the evenings. Do these children not have a father?

The phone call issue is *exactly* like the hospital issue. "Do as I say, what I *need* you to do, or you do not love me and I am entitled to be furious at you." You might *wish* that your mom would have stayed longer and done everything you want. And she *wishes* that you would call her every week at the same appointed time. [/quote]

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