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To have blocked my disabled mums number?

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Fifteentreefrogs · 14/07/2024 15:09

I just need moral support tbh..
It is a bit unreasonable obviously and I will be unblocking her in a day or so. I just can't cope with it right now.
There's a whole backstory and I've posted on here before and been told to cut contact. People get frustrated with me constantly posting because I don't cut contact permanently. I just can't do that tho as I'm her only child and only close relative. My dad (her husband and previous carer) is dead.
I'm alone with my 3 children over the weekend.. 2 primary aged and 5mnth old baby. My DH is away all weekend with a friend. He's just lost his grandmother who he lived with as a child. He's just gone for a 2 night break with his mate in the city.
I don't drive. My mum does not live in my town. It's vaguely walkable to her house but it's 5 miles.. I do walk there sometime to help her after the kids are in bed. But obviously can't do that at the moment as DH is away so can't leave kids alone.
My mum has lived there for a while and the issue is she can't drag her wheelchair inside over the step to charge it up. I don't understand why she hasn't bought a ramp. She's managed to get other furniture.
It's a long way for me to go on public transport with all the kids plus the cost.
I've told her I can't do it this weekend. The kids have stuff on too.
I think I'd be more minded to if the last time I'd done it she hadn't been so awful. I went on Friday.. walked over when the kids were in bed and the minute I got there she said 'no one helps me because everyone is horrible'
The back story of the amount I have helped her over the last couple of years I've posted about before. I've helped her to my own detriment. Both physically mentally and financially.
She's been texting all day "answer me now"
The baby was awake all night and is just crying constantly today..
I just snapped and texted back "no" then blocked her.
My DH has already blocked her because she was texting and calling him numerous times about picking up something from B&Q for her only hours after he'd had a bereavement (which she knew about because I told her)

Anyway thanks for listening. I just feel so guilty when I reach the end of my tether like that. I'm not going over there I'm taking the kids to the park. But I will feel guilty and sorry for her the entire time there's no escaping it.
I good percentage of me thinks maybe I am an awful person.

OP posts:
Elephant007 · 14/07/2024 15:20

I’m sorry your mum is disabled and I can imagine it must be hard on her but you aren’t her slave, you aren’t her emotional punching bag and if she’s not going to be grateful for the fact you’re visiting frequently as well as having your own life and family then I’d step back.

It sounds like you don’t know how to put boundaries in place so are hiding away rather than dealing with the issue.

Confrontation especially with parents is hard. But you need to be blunt.

Mum I have 3 kids, my husbands just had a bereavement and I have a lot on my plate. I can pop over once a week and we can have dinner together, I’ll take you on a walk and I’ll bring your shopping over for you. I’m sorry I can’t do anymore than that, but I’m pushing to my limits and it’s not fair on my mental health or the kids.

If she is nasty to you then pull back completely until she apologises. She hasn’t got the ramp as she expects you or DH to be at her beconing call and has possibly got a co-dependant attachment to you.

Thedogscollar · 14/07/2024 15:20

It sounds like you need time out. Is there anyone else at all that could help out alongside you?
Enjoy your time at the park to try and clear your head. You are not an awful person far from it, you are a person who needs a break.

Ilikewinter · 14/07/2024 15:18

Good for you.

Stompythedinosaur · 14/07/2024 15:15

You aren't her slave or her emotional punch bag, regardless of her disability.

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