My Mum is driving me rather mad of late. She is very control freak-ish... Feels like she should be involved in every little detail of our lives.
She and I used to have a close relationship, until she used me as an outlet to vent her frustrations at the affair she was having... My Dad can be a difficult man, and he and I have clashed a lot in the past, so I guess she thought I would condone her sleeping with a 25 year old - which I do not, but she still continues to offload on me, and think that I must always be there to answer to her and pick up the pieces.
Currently, I am off work sick - certified off by my GP, need to have tests, etc. She texted me earlier, to which I replied, then went to bed... At 8pm, I've been very tired!! My housemate wakes me up at 10 to tell me that while he was in the shower, he had 12 missed calls from her, and several messages saying 'let me in!!' and then 'let me in right now, you coward, stop lying for Niandra, she should be at work, you are both hypochondriacs!!!' At this juncture, I should mention that I never take time off work sick, am definitely not a hypochondriac and usually avoid doctors where possible.
She calls me twice daily - at least - emails me at work, texts me approx 10 times a day, expects me to call around every Friday night (if I don't, she takes the hump, big style) and expects to know my every movement... For example, 2 weeks ago she called me on my mobile at 09:10 (I was at my desk) saying 'why aren't you at work?' to which I replied that obviously, I was. I had to hang up on her and call her back from my work phone to convince her... She had 'thought' she had seen me walking down a street near my house... She also ascertained that she saw me walking with a bloke, so I was having an affair... Er, my XP broke up with me several months ago... And you can imagine how fun it was explaining that call to my colleagues... The girl that sits behind me had her chin on the floor, saying 'what?!!!! What on earth just happened?!'
Sorry, I know this is very long and ramble-y, but I just don't know what to do any more... She and I used to be so close, but now she is acting paranoid and mad (oh, one of my sisters could tell a very similar story), and there is no reasoning with her... Every time we try to point this out, she looses it and tells us we are in the wrong. Am seriously considering cutting her out of my life. AIBU to think she is being mad and that I need to cut off contact with her, at least for a while? I am so angry with her!