How do I respond to my mother
Hi Friends - I need some advice about my mother. I'm really frustrated.
Please take a peek at our texts. I'm trying but she is literally unresponsive or just adds little unhelpful quips .
I'm in the purple text bubble
Some context.
I'm 47f and an only child. My Mom is 73.
I am off work the week of 5/11 with my husband but doing random day trips and staying close to home so I had some flexibility this week. My Mom works part time, she's getting ready to retire. She is having some trouble walking lately, something with her ankle.
I'm mostly no contact with her husband, my father cuz he's narcissistic, Trump-supporting prick, who was verbally abusive to me and is currently to my Mom. So most of the time Mom and I coordinate is through text to avoid my Dad.
My gram (her mom) died about 1 1/2 ago and she's not having the best time with it. She didn't want to celebrate Mother's Day in 2025 and completely blew me off (that's another story for another day)
This year instead of doing something on Mother's Day, we opted to do something special together during the week since I was off work.
We can't seem to get on the same page and I'm so freaking frustrated.
We've been texting for days - Please tell me if I'm missing something here. She will not respond, agree to anything but seems to be pissed. I've spent ALL week while off with my husband trying to plan around while waiting to hear from her and I still have no plans, she won't respond or participate in the conversation. Am I missing something here? I feel like she's taking advantage of me or acting entitled or something? I tried to do something nice and she is unresponsive. My vacation ends tomorrow and I've really not done much with my husband because she has me hanging on ....