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And she's supposed to be my mother!!

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Mysticstar13 · 30/11/2016 19:18

My mother left me when I was 3months old with her parents and went off to do her thing because I was an inconviance, between my dad and my grandparents they brought me up, I stayed with my dad at weekends and holidays. My mother wasn't even in the equation. Years past I grew up then when I became a teenager my mother randomly apperard with some new boyfriend, when I was 14 my dad died. My mother was that pissed at the funeral she fell into the grave next to him. Then she decided I had to go live with her. Then the abuse started and the blame of my dad dying so I left. No matter where I went I always kept in touch with my grandparents. Then I got into a relationship and had my ds and dd, due to that turning out to be extremely violent I tried to go to my mother who in the end supported the now evil x, few more years passed and I met my now wonderful hubby and had dd2 and ds2 ( total of 4 kids) now my mother has now decided to go out of her way to make our lives as miserable as possible I've lost jobs because of her, no friends because of her, then after having her phoning me at all hours while she's pissed up carrying on down the phone on how everything is my fault, I'm the biggest mistake of her life, on how I shouldn't have been born, I'm a disappointment and I need to sort my life out. I even had to block her on facebook due to the nasty things she was posting daily on my wall, calling me and my kids all the names under the sun. Type of thing. So we cut her off completely 10yrs have past since last having any form of contact with her,

Now over these last 10yrs we found out that my eldest son has autism with other things combined and when spoke to and dealt with correctly he is the most lovely bright lad you could meet with a wicked sense of houmor, my eldest daughter has got very complex learning disabilities which is no body's fault but she is so gifted and loving in many other ways. Then this last 2yr has been a total nightmare from my wonderful father in law passing away then my brother in law and then my grandfather,

Then the phone calls start again so while I'm coming to deal with all our own family problems, plus working, plus sorting the kids out, plus grieving, I've got her carrying on over the phone that it's all my fault, she's never had anything to do with my kids and doesn't even know them ( she made it clear that they were to never call her grandma ) she accuses me of bad parenting and that my eldest 2s disabilities is my fault because I don't deserve kids and I shouldn't be allowed to be happy, she's at it again calling us all the most nasty names I've ever heard, but the final straw was when she called my kids nasty horrible animals that should be in a home. My hubby and I both work are asses off to provide everything our kids ask for, they are not spoilt but they don't want for anything, we're not rich if anything we're struggling like hell but everything we do is for these kids. Now my grans on her last days, I'm struggling to find the time between work, school runs, meetings, more school runs to go see her, yet there is her again on the phone carrying on that I'm not doing enough and that yet again it's all my fault. I feel sorry for my kids for now we have no other family members left and that bit of help/ support / respite we had has now gone, and to top it all off our youngest is now also being assessed due to him struggling at school, why can't she just be what a mums supposed to be but then again I don't know what it's like to have a mum cause she was never there, so why is she so horrible to me. I couldn't do to my kids what she's doing to me, it hurts but it makes me more determined to do more with my own. I'm dreading my Gran going cause she's going to blame me for that and carry on even more, she's already managed to somehow get me cut out of my grandfathers will, not that I'm bothered she could have it all if it means I never hear from her again. She's making me ill with all the upset and stress she's causing. Sorry for going on

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PaulDacresConscience · 02/12/2016 19:31

What type of phone do you have? If you post the make and model on here I am sure that one of us can tell you if you can block a number and talk you through how to do it.

RachelRagged · 03/12/2016 10:50

Poor OP ,, ,it is NOT You.

Cut ties with her completely . . That's not a Mother.

Mysticstar13 · 04/12/2016 11:52

There is no other family members left, I'm struggling to get info re my Gran now from the hospital, they just keep telling me she's fine.....

Luckily since the last screaming argument I had on the phone with the evil cow, ( which was over my eldest who has asd/odd/cd) whom she called an evil naughty vicious git that deserves a good smacking because I can't parent properly which according to her is why he is the way he is. Iv not heard from her.

I managed to get my uncles phone number from the hospital staff but despite leaving about 10 messages over the week on his answer phone not one call has been returned. So I know he's got my number but choosing to ignore me.

Iv got a Xperia phone, iv looked but can't figure out how to block her number, I can't really change my number cause iv that much going on with stuff for the kids there is too many to notify of the change at the mo.

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PaulDacresConscience · 04/12/2016 12:36

Hi Mystic,

Have a look here

If you scroll about halfway down the page it explains how to send her calls straight to voicemail so that you don't receive them. Apparently you can't block her completely, but by sending the calls to voicemail when you call up your mailbox you can just press '3' to delete the message without listening to it.

Mysticstar13 · 13/12/2016 18:33

Well, iv just been notified that my grans now passed away, iv got the funeral on the 22nd and iv got to face her..... after that I'm totally done with her. I will be telling her never to contact me again. I'm in pieces at the mo, and I really don't want to face her but I'm going to have to go cause it was my gran.

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WhiteChocolateLindorPlease · 13/12/2016 20:10

Sorry to hear about your Gran Flowers

Will your DH be able to go to the funeral with you? If so, use hm as a buffer so youcan avoid talking to your mum as much as possible. Hopefully others will be along with some more advice to help you get through the day.

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 13/12/2016 22:05

Of course you must go to the funeral. As Whitechocolate says, can your DH act as a buffer? Funerals are usually dignified, fairly formal occasions but I don't imagine you can rely on your mum to behave in an appropriate way. She won't make a scene, will she? Because if that's possible you and DH could have a plan of action.

I think, if I was in your shoes, that I might rise above, getting through it by saying to myself every moment that this really is the last time I will ever have to have anything to do with that unutterable cow again. That would see me through the funeral, though I suppose it's not very reverent. Your mum's going to absolutely hate losing the power to harass you, isn't she?

Mysticstar13 · 14/12/2016 17:11

Yes the dh will be with me, iv sort of got a plan of action. Basically the second she stars no matter where the service has got to I'm leaving, I'm just going to get up and go. Then iv no intention of ever having to speak/ see it again. By the looks of it there is only going to be about 5 of us at the funeral which will be me, the hubby, dd 1, ( due to no one avilable to have her) ( dd2 & ds2 will be staying at the mil for the day but due to her own health issues she can't manage 3 kids ) her and my uncle ( who still hasn't returned the messages iv left on his answer phone) urgh I'm still in pieces and now worrying about xmas due to some financial issues with the hubbys pay. Nothing's going right it just seems bad news after bad news

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