Dh is one of four boys and I have 2 brothers. One of DH's brother has children around the same age as our older children so his wife and I have always been close. She is an only child so we have been like sisters. Like real sisters (I imagine) we have been closer at times than others. She is 75 (don't know if that has any relevance at all)
Her husband has awful arthritis so she has had to curtail her volunteering which she loved, their beloved dog is on borrowed time and their elder son died last year.
I ring her once a fortnight or so (she doesn't do technology) but she rarely rings me. The last two times that I have rung them her husband has told her but she has been too busy, in the greenhouse, to talk to me.
Is it me, is she depressed or what? What do I do now?
I am not a nasty person but ……
Is it me or am I getting mixed messages
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