Parents... More Dads-net kind of stuffArchived Message
Posted by RezTheReturn on February 12, 2020, 11:40 am
How often do you see/speak to yours?
Since my dad passed away, my mother has been withdrawing more and more into her shell. Through her own life choices she’s barely got any friends, she can’t drive and there are no buses etc. She reads the paper and watches telly... that’s all she does, goes the hairdressers every 2 weeks (gets a cab)
I’ve tried numerous stuff and things to get her out and about, nothing works and I’ve given up... do I feel guilty? Yeah, a bit, but she’s draining and frankly I am finding it harder and harder to go over to see her (usually go every Friday for fish n chips) I just find it hard to be arsed!
She doesn’t go over the road to my dads grave... nothing She’s not in great health but a lot of it is down to her being well, lazy! I’ve suggested council if, I’ve suggested getting a care worker to pop in... she’s not interested
Anyway... how Can I manage this shite?
I call every other night, every Friday has dipped to in the last couple of weeks to every other Friday... I am about 20 minutes away from her