Re: Venting!

That sounds like my mother in law. There was a big "thing" between her and
DH 10.5 years ago and there has been no discussion between them since. They
are both stubborn but she is amazing and it is a family thing. She will go
to her grave "controlling" people this way. He just quit jumping through
the hoop and she can't believe it.

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Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
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"Sandi" <sanditypes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "CyberCafe" <pkbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Sandi wrote:
> >> Hi, y'all, I just had to vent.
> >>
> >> My Mom is gone on a trip, so I promised to call my grandmother every
> >> couple of days and check on her. I've been trying to reach her since
> >> Tuesday, and her line is either busy or she doesn't answer every single
> >> time. I'm an hour and a half drive away from her, so I can't just pop
> >> in.
> >>
> >> What aggravates me is that I know she does this on purpose to worry us
> >> and also to then be able to say we haven't called. But you know, she's
> >> almost 87, and you can never be sure that she isn't sick or something,
so
> >> I have to worry anyway.
> >>
> >> My mom goes to visit her every day, and sometimes she will come to the
> >> door, and sometimes she won't. She'll be inside, just sitting there,
and
> >> won't open the door! Often Mom ends up leaving the food she makes her
on
> >> the porch and just leaving. Then later she says, "Well, I was right
> >> here, you should have knocked harder." The problem is, how the heck
are
> >> we going to know if something does happen to her? Mom has a key to her
> >> place, and I told her to start unlocking the door and going in when she
> >> won't answer, but she won't do it.
> >>
> >> So here I sit, dialing and dialing when I don't have time to dial and
> >> dial. What a bummer. Why do people have to be so weird????
> >>
> >> :(
> > Does she have one of those medic alert lifeline devices a person can
wear
> > and press the button when they are in trouble? Sounds like she would be
> > an ideal candidate for one of them.
> >
> > Barb
>
> Nah, she's perfectly able to get to the phone. She's doing it on purpose.
> It's not a new thing for her, though. She's always done this sort of
thing.
> After my mom started spending winters in Florida, she got a lot worse
about
> it. Mom will go over there and ask her if she needs to go to the store or
> anything, and she'll say no, and then 5 minutes after Mom leaves she
starts
> walking to the drugstore or the grocery store, and tells the neighbors she
> doesn't have a way to get there. Stuff like that!
>
> She answered the phone a little while after I posted before, and of course
> is just fine, and was right there, and just didn't hear the phone. When
it
> was busy for 3+ hours the other night I know it was off the hook.
>
> She even guilted Mom into selling her little Florida place, which she
dearly
> loved and enjoyed much more than she enjoys being here, and staying back
in
> WV full time. :(
>
> It's not an old person thing, it's a mess-with-ya thing. Thanks for your
> replies, and for reading my rant!
>
> Sandi
>
>


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