Quote: I'm sure she'll call each day to talk to D10 before bed, and D10 will call her. I'm going to make sure I do not answer the phone, let the kids do that. And I'll try hard NOT to be available to talk. I want her to feel what it means to not have me there for support. I hope it continues to wake her up.
W just called a 1/2 hour ago. Lazy kids don't answer the phone so I pick it up on the last ring. She gives me her 'Oh hi, it's Lorri'. And I say a very nice 'hello' back to her. She apologizes for this morning, she forgot that D10's shool backpack had been left over a friends house on friday. No problem, I said, I just went over and got it after dropping D10 off at school and brought it to her in class. She said that was 'very nice' of me. Told her D15 wasn't feeling well and stayed home from school, and a few other 'family' updates.
I asked her if she was feeling less nervous now and she said she was feeling fine. She was anxious about the 'meeting' they haven't had yet - about business arrangements. She seemed annoyed.
I was of course positive and upbeat in my tone and comments. Being supportive when I could think of something supportive to say.
I felt like she didn't want to really talk to me so I told her I'd get one of the girls, and handed her off to D10. She spoke to her for 5-10 minutes. D10 offered to give her back to me, but she told her to give the phone to D15, same as last nite. She then talked to D15 for a similar amount of time.
Well, I sure have continued to feel rejected by her. It sucks, I'm trying to keep myself grounded and emotionally level. Two times she's called and been pretty indifferent.
A far cry from a few weeks ago when she called while driving home from her office and got upset that I wanted to say goodbye instead of talking to her about 'nothing' while she was driving.
