I'm a 46-y-o woman with kids of my own. My mother's been the bane of my existence for yrs. She's never respected my or my siblings' boundaries - has a habit of spreading untrue, unsubstantiated gossip amongst us about the others. Three yrs ago, I caught her slandering me when she accidentally hit my speed dial button on her cell. I heard a long conversation about me that was full of lies that betrayed what she'd said to me just an hour before. A long rift followed because she pretended not to know what I was talking about until cornered, then sent a card of apology, but proceeded after to lie to the family about why I was avoiding her. Last week she asked my son to fix her computer. He did, and up pops an e-mail she'd written to one of MY friends, full of malicious lies for no reason. She e-mailed me a brief apology. It started, "I'm sorry for whatever I may have done to upset you.." Am I unreasonable for wanting specific acknowledgements, not just give vague, dismissive apologies?
2007-06-03
22:52:56
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joe friday's grrl
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