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To wish that my mum would make an effort with me?

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Dinkytinky · 27/04/2010 20:20

I only speak to her once a week as otherwise she's too busy with my siblings/dogs/work but I just get really angry and upset that she doesn't even bother trying to make conversation with me or ask me how I am, what I'm upto etc even though I ask her and text her when a programs on we both like or whatever.

I just feel like I utterly irritate her most of the time and was nearly in tears after a 4 minute phonecall before. We live 100 miles away from each other and I look forward to her calls but she always makes excuses after 10 mins or so to go fr a bath or make a cuppa.

If she was plain cold all the time I could understand but she has a great relationship with my older sister and younger brother who are both very very successful and quite important in an academic sense (she will go on about how proud she is of them) she's forever taking my little sister on shopping trips etc too.

We are quite different personality types - I'm quite bubbly and loving whereas she's quite shut down. I have tried to speak to her about this before but she told me to 'stop wittering on'

don't know whether I should just accept it or try speaking to my dad/her about it

OP posts:
mamsnet · 27/04/2010 20:26

Aw, you sound upset..

I think you probably should bring it up, in some form or other.

Could you have a weekend away together or something like that?

MamaMary · 27/04/2010 20:31

I sympathize. Recently I had the same feeling about my mum - that she had no time for me. It upset me too. Now, I think things have actually improved a bit and I've realised that she is genuinely busy.

However, I think you should tell her - she probably has no idea of how you feel?

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