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Dear Abby: Daily Gossip Calls to Mom Are Wearing Thin
A 54-year-old teacher seeks to reduce daily calls to her elderly mother who demands evening conversations, a routine described as burdensome and challenging to change, advice column says.
- A 54-year-old full-time teacher from New York is expected to call her 84-year-old mother every evening despite a busy schedule.
- The mother has instituted this daily calling schedule, which wears on the writer, who is considering whether to insist on a more manageable routine.
- Dear Abby advises the writer to tell her mother she will call once or twice a week and suggests the mother gossip with contemporaries instead of demanding daily calls.
- "Talking daily isn't working for you," Abby quotes, adding that the mother may resist changes and that if memory issues exist, a medical evaluation should be sought.
- The advice implies that establishing a reduced calling schedule may benefit both, though the writer should prepare for a difficult conversation with her mother.
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Dear Abby: Daily routine of calling mom has worn thin
DEAR ABBY: I am a 54-year-old mother of two, a wife and a full-time teacher. My days are long, busy and usually uneventful. Every evening, I am expected to call my 84-year-old mother, who lives a few states away. I oblige, of course, listening patiently to all of her stories, ranting and gossip.If, for any reason, I happen to fall asleep or forget to call, it's as if my face will be plastered on a milk carton. The texts and emails start, as well…
DEAR ABBY: Daily routine of calling mom has worn thin
DEAR ABBY: I am a 54-year-old mother of two, a wife and a full-time teacher. My days are long, busy and usually uneventful. Every evening, I am expected to call my 84-year-old mother, who lives a few states away. I oblige, of course, listening patiently to all of her stories, ranting and gossip.
Dear Abby: Mom demands a phone call daily, and when I miss it, all hell breaks loose
DEAR ABBY: I am a 54-year-old mother of two, a wife and a full-time teacher. My days are long, busy and usually uneventful. Every evening, I am expected to call my 84-year-old mother, who lives a few states away. I oblige, of course, listening patiently to all of her stories, ranting and gossip.
Dear Abby: I’m expected to call my 84-year-old mother every evening and it leaves me annoyed
DEAR ABBY: I am a 54-year-old mother of two, a wife and a full-time teacher. My days are long, busy and usually uneventful. Every evening, I am expected to call my 84-year-old mother, who lives a few states away. I oblige, of course, listening patiently to all of her stories, ranting and gossip.
Dear Abby: Daily gossip calls to mom are wearing thin
DEAR ABBY: I am a 54-year-old mother of two, a wife and a full-time teacher. My days are long, busy and usually uneventful. Every evening, I am expected to call my 84-year-old mother, who lives a few states away. I oblige, of course, listening patiently to all of her stories, ranting and gossip.
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