to refuse to answer the phone?

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I know it will be my mother and it is bloody driving me mad. She rings me all the time and it is not as if we have anything to say. I feel suffocated. I can't tell her, because she will act the martyr and make me feel guilty. I probably should have answered it the first time she rang and got it over and done with, instead I'm getting more and more annoyed.

I would rather have a real phone conversation than sit watching tv all night ...maybe I just talk too much

I think I agree with you - I'd just prefer it was with my DH than various members of his (very large) family.