bgyldy 41-45

I recently asked some of my friends to stop relaying what they see on facebook or hear about my adult children to me and now they're not speaking to me at all.I am going thru some hardships w/my adult children and am trying to work thru them myself but also leaning on my friends for support-after all, isn't that what they're for? Well, two of the four friends are also on speaking terms w/my kids (my friends are in their 50s-my kids are in their late teens/early 20s) and it has come to my attention that my friends tell my kids everything I say, causing some friction between us (like I need more of that). Lately, my friends are telling me every little thing my kids say on facebook or to my fri… [more]

I have a former "friend" who is trying to step into the roll of "grandma" to my only grandbaby and "mom" to my daughter...she has taken it upon herself to continually contact my daughter and reach out to her like a "mom", when she should be telling my daughter to reach out to ME, her REAL MOM. I haven't done anything to deserve this treatment. I ask her to be respectful of me and not cuss me and verbally abuse me, so she reached out to this "friend" of mine, told her lies about how I raised her, and has manipulated her to the point that this "friend" stopped speaking to me.I am SO angry with this former "friend", that I am not sure what I will do if I ever run into her in public. I play out … [more]