God, my f**king mother! She has always treated me like a nuisance, made it clear that her friends and social life were far more important than me. She did that with my daughter too. I am her only child and my daughter is her only grandchild so you'd think she'd value us more.
She moved to live in the same village as us some years ago. It was awful. She was constantly popping in to say nasty things to me, but acted like the perfect mother in public. She was horrible to me during my pregnancy, even though she'd told me for years how she longed for a grandchild. She only liked her grandchild til she was about 2, then couldn't commit to helping me, she had to be free to socialise and go on holidays. Now she moans about how she never saw much of her grandchild when she was little. As if we kept her from her, we were here all along while my mother was gallivanting around on holidays etc.
Then she moved 2 hours drive away and now she phones all the time saying how much she misses us. How she looks forward to seeing us. How worried she is about us all the time.
Erm...SHE moved away? She was 5 minutes walk away now she's 2 hours drive away? Whose choice was that?
And when we do visit her, she gets annoyed with us after 2 hours and leaves.
So I'm not falling for her fake concern and worried phone calls
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That alien woman. On Earth to observe and wonder about homo sapiens.