Mum does my head in on the phone (is it just me?)

[Nitan]

I get irritated really easily if I'm on the phone so to make things easier I always make sure I go and sit in a quiet room away from other people (kids included) whilst I talk. There is nothing worse than trying to talk on the phone and having your DH ay things to you or the kids shouting things etc.

I've just been talking to my mum on the phone (she phoned me) and she was telling me about what she'd done today and every few seconds I heard "who said that?" "what did he say?" etc etc coming from my younger sister (12) who was listening in on the conversation and asking my mum questions about it! this was really winding me up but then to make matters worse everytime I was in the middle of saying something my sister would start to talk to my mum in the back ground meaning my mum stopped listening to me and started talking to my sister or I'd be mid-way through saying something and when I'd finished I'd realise that my mum hadnt listened to a word I'd said as she was listening to my sister waffling on in the background instead and then her husband started doing it, everytime something was said I'd head him muttering in the background, my mum would turn and shout "what did you say?" and he would repeat it and she'd then tell me what he'd said (usually an un-funny joke regarding something I'd said) and I'm like "yeah but anyway, I'm trying to tell you about the holiday..." grrrr

Would this wind you up or is it just me??

I would have rung off

My mum is the same. She usually starts the converstaion by asking
Where have you been?
Who were you with?
Did you have the Ds with you?
Why not?
Oh i forgot they go to school!
Then she has ocnverstaions with my brother, who IMO is 30 years old so should realise that it's bad manners to speak to someone who is on the phone! However, it's usually something life threatning like, could she butter him some bread.
She answers him, then i have to repeat what i said. So yes it does wind me up

I should get my DH on here - this is a real bugbear of his. His sister does this a lot when talking to him, she is interrupted by her DS and DH is immensely irritated by it - he thinks it really bad manners, but not good for her DS either to be taught that other people will be put on hold for him. He said he couldn't wait to have children of his own so he could do it back to her, but tbh I think if he did it it would go right over her head.

I had a friend who did it too - her boyfriend seemed to find it threatening and she couldn't have a conversation with me if he was around without him interrupting in the background.

I would just end the conversation next time and tell her that perhaps she should call you again when she isn't so busy with other people.

I do my mums head in by doing this. She rings at 5.30 on a school night and wonders why I am not sitting down all ears for her tales of what was on offer in superdrug.
Im trying to throw dinners on plates barking out instructions for homework and if the kids talk to me I answer them. I havent saw them all day....