My mom is greedy
Every year I get a text around Mother’s Day saying “I want xyz for Mother’s Day.” This year she didn’t even mention Mother’s Day, just “I would really love to have ____ 🥰🙏”
I decided not to respond.
I got another text a few days later saying “Don’t forget that I would like to have ___ for Mother’s Day”
I was fuming. Why does this upset me so much? Is this normal? It is every year, every single occasion. I feel like around Christmas she only asks what I would like so she can tell me what she wants. It only started maybe 5 or so years ago when I started making good money. Before that, she never got us gifts for any occasion and I always assumed she was too poor to do so, so it didn’t bother me. I would still always get her things. She is so transactional with all of her children (that still speak to her). I’m the youngest at age 34. I think what pisses me off the most is the assumption and the entitlement. Also the fact that we talk maybe once every couple of months.
She’s also notorious for taking her children’s trauma/experiences and making them her own for attention.
How do I handle this?