85 year old mum lives away from me so I’m unable to visit. My sister lives nearby, forming her bubble,so she’s not totally isolated. I ring her every day, as does my eldest daughter who has a very close relationship with her. I’ve given her lots of advice about staying safe but she continues to do whatever she likes, whilst paying lip service to us by hiding just exactly what she is doing and always gets found out! My niece’s boyfriend came over from France at Christmas, had a test before he flew and was supposed to self isolate but didn’t. Mum spent Christmas Day and Boxing Day with them, also seeing other family members. My other nephew takes 3 kids to see her, even though he’s not in her bubble. Their excuse is that there’s not a high incidence of covid where they live, but their rate is currently 630 per 100,000. Things came to a head this weekend when we discovered she’d had a workman come to do something in the house, despite telling us she was cancelling him as it wasn’t essential. My daughter was distraught, probably the straw that broke the camel’s back, she has a high pressured job, is working from home and home schooling and rings her gran every day, gets her online shop sorted, sends treats every now and again, and she feels very let down and quite hurt by her behaviour. I am a bit further down the line with my anger, I felt angry after the Christmas incident and have decided that she will do whatever she wants anyway, so I can’t do anything. My sister and family don’t seem to see anything wrong with how they are all behaving. It’s sad that our relationship with my mum is being soured like this. I’ve told her that it’s people like her, who aren’t following the advice, who are prolonging this lockdown AIBU
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