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AARRRHGGGHHH AIBU to want to talk to my mum about something other than my sister!!

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JingleyJen · 25/02/2008 18:06

I just called to say hi and for a chat talked to Dad for 10 minutes - lovely conversation, Mum came on phone, Hi how are you? then followed 5 minutes of her moaning about my sister, I can't help her with her relationship with my sister, so I hmm and ah from time to time and tell her that I can't answer the various questions cos I don't know, she is getting her self wound up about my sister not confiding in her. So when she takes a breath I say - anyway mum, I guess I ought to be getting the boys ready for bed. What it isn't even 6pm? says mum, Well anyway I will catch up with you in a couple of days says I.
She goes off the phone all huffy and I come off the phone cheesed off when I picked up the phone I was really happy it feels like she has sucked the life out of me!

I know Dad will call me this evening to tell me off for upsetting my mum. I am 34FFS why does she get to me like this?

Sorry just needed to get it out - DS's are too busy being children to give a stuff (thankfully)

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AbbeyA · 25/02/2008 18:23

Has she got anyone else to talk to about it? My mother used to be the same when my younger brother was causing her problems. I put up with it because she needed to talk about it and I was the only person she felt she could confide in. I encouraged her to talk to friends and that helped ease the situation a bit.

JingleyJen · 25/02/2008 19:44

Abbey she doesn't have many close friends her best friend died of cancer a couple of years ago.
I don't mind listening to her most of the time but I guess today I just felt that for once I wanted our conversation to be about something else...

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AbbeyA · 25/02/2008 21:06

I know how you feel-unfortunately I think you just have to let her go on. In my case my other brother got really fed up and told her he didn't want to hear anymore so I felt that I couldn't do the same. I just used to say yes a lot! It passed in time-sorry not to be of any help.

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