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Originally Posted by elemenoP
I have to admit, I have been following this thread like a serialized novel. May I ask a question? David, what is your relationship with the woman in question? I'm just curious!
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Thanks for the reply elemenoP.
Wow - must make for a hell of a boring novel!
OK - my mother used to work with the lady many years ago until she took ill and had to stop work. She's always sent us kids birthday cards and mum always used to take us to see her on Christmas Eve when I was a kid. That eventually stopped at some point, all us kids went away, mum got ill bla bla bla.
Anyway the last few years I've been asking mum why we don't go see her and she always said stuff like "the carer says she doesn't want visitors", "the carer says it's difficult". I honestly thought this was a smokescreen and she was afraid to see her in case she'd deteriorated or something. Anyway I finally wrote to her this Christmas asking if I could go and see her just so I could test the water. A new carer called saying she'd love to see us and we went to see her.
It turned out the previous carer had been keeping people away, extorting money, and generally treating her very badly over many years, so this explained the stonewalling.
Hope that answers the question!
David.