Mental Hemorrhoids

I'm exasperated. Mother thinks I'm a cash cow and I'm sick of it. Everytime she needs some money, she calls me or texts me until she gets me to call her. When she doesn't, I don't hear a peep from her. And on the ocassion that we get to talk on the phone socially, she monopolizes the conversation and it's all about her. She never fails to mention how she never has enough cash because prices are so high. Moreover, she repeatedly forgets to ask how I am doing when she usually has all of an hour and a half to do that.

I'm tired of talking about money. I'm tired of hearing how she hates being a burden to us but does not hesitate to ask for more even if I've just given her some. I'm tired of hints, manipulation, tears and tantrums so she can get what she wants while I am buried in bills, expenses, debt and my own challenges in life.

I need a break.