My mother used to ring me to talk at me about five times a day. She has absolutely no understanding of who I am or what I do or what I need from her. She now rings about once a day. It's still too much. I'd prefer her to call once a week. That way she'd have half a chance of me calling her sometimes.

Mind you, this is the woman who deliberately, in my face, undermines my parenting of my children. Knowingly.

If she wasn't married to my Dad, I'd probably have little (if anything) to do with her. Very sad, but true.