I find I enjoy talking on the phone with most people less and less. And as Nellie said, you’re family to at least me; I can’t speak for the rest of the grumpy mumpers.
As to difficult family in particular …
Shoe: I wrote a response to your telling us of your bad Mother’s Day call. But it’s in last week’s thread 'cuz I’m a dummy. I’ll quote it here for your reference:
