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Stacyc625
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Is it really THAT difficult?
Stacyc625
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I think I have told my mom UMPTEEN times NOT to call during Gisele's nap- I told her straight up that I won't answer the phone. Gisele goes down for a nap every single day- same time. So it is far from a guessing game. Yet every day she calls.
Her nap is the ONLY time I can get anything done for work (during the day)- yet every single day- she calls. I talk to her earlier in the day- (each day)- and she calls AGAIN (during nap)
She doesn't get it- and it is really starting to irk the hell out of me. She calls me CONSTANTLY- and I might go to hell for admiting this- however I talk to her once- the rest of the times she calls I let it go to the answering machine. If she says it is something important (she never does) I will call her back.
She calls and never has anything to say. I hate the phone. I hate talking on it- especially idle chit chat. I can't stand it and I have no time for it. This is WAY obvious to anyone who knows me- especially my mother.
::vent over::
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Re: Is it really THAT difficult?
Maybe submit to her a written schedule of when calling you would be appropriate. LOL...
My sister is mentally-handicapped and she is on the phone all day long. She will call me. We can talk for half an hour... she has really nothing to say, but she wants to talk so I let her. I let her get it all out and then we hang up. She calls back literally 30 seconds later. I don't answer... I give her one call a day, unless something important, like you said.
She will then call again. I don't answer. She calls again. This happens about 15 times per day. I feel no guilt over my one call per day rule, personally.
lol @ Ims- I think about that ALL the time. I pray i am not crazy
No kidding - right? Ugh, my mom is not so bad now but seriously... I would not want to emulate some of her parenting styles when I was a kid. I actively try not to but ... damn some of that stuff seems to be built in!
this is what i would suggest too.