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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine has gotten weirder on phone calls as she’s gotten older. Will just go on and on in a monologue about her life, talk at length about my sister’s family and in-laws, and then might eventually ask if I have any news, but will often interrupt with a new completely random thought before I can finish two sentences. It’s really annoying. Now I just sit there silently and let her talk and say “nothing to report here!”[/quote]

Mine got weirder on calls too. She never really cared about my life and felt burdened and annoyed when I sent or brought photos now and then. I didn't know this until she had a meltdown one day and said the photos were too much and she didn't want them. I maybe gave her a half dozen a year of her grandkids and I took them all back and apologized. She now throws fits that I never send photos. I email them now and then because then she doesn't have to be burdened by them in her huge house?!

With age, the social graces are just gone. She rants about politics and how great Trump is. She negatively compares me, my spouse and my kids to others. She doesn't want to hear about my life and will interrupt me if I speak about it. I should use past tense. I got so much therapy trying to have a relationship with her as she got nuttier. I stopped calling long ago because it would end with her yelling at me about something-anything. Visits were miserable, but I felt obligated. Then a major emergency hit with my husband and I saw just how selfish and entitled she was. We are very low contact these days and it's better for my health and my family.[/quote]

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