She is such a witch at times.
I have a lovely 6yo dd who I am trying to get to understand that the world does not revolve around all the time. She's terrible for interrupting, etc.
The other week we were at my mum's and had both spent a lot of time talking to dd. Them me and my mum start having a conversation and dd is interrupting. I explain to her that she needs to wait and why doesn't she go and get xyz to play with. She starts crying saying that we're always ignoring her. I told her this wasn't true, but there are times when grown ups need to talk. Mum backed me up and said herself that dd is putting on the tears.
Last night the phone rings, I pick it up in the office - its my mum. DD comes in the room, sees I'm on the phone and starts talking. I ask her to leave the room as I know from experience that she won't stop talking. She leaves the room to find her dad and is fine. My mum didn't hear what I said so asked what was happening and I explained that I'd told dd to leave the room.
Mum immediatly has a go at me and says that I shouldn't and she's worried about the way I am with dd as dd is complaining that I don't listen to her. I was so mad, my mum knows exactly what she's like for saying that I'm not listening to her 10 minutes after I've just spent 2 hours playing with her! Mum was banging on about how "edgy" she thinks dd is and that I'm to blame. I have no idea what she means by dd being edgy. Well 5 minutes later dd wonders back in and starts talking so I ignored my mum for the next 5minutes and talked to dd. Think she was a bit peeed off then.
I wouldn't mind so much but this is the woman who used to beat me and my brother black and blue with a wooden stick when we were kids, threw a carving knife at my brother, frequently used to smash the contents of our bedrooms up and stabbed my dad! How very dare she!