I'm trying to figure out if this is anywhere in the realm of normal.

My mom and I live in different states. I've written here before, it's not the best relationship (a lot of neglect growing up, with some trauma thrown in for good measure). So, we're not close.

She's going to be in my state for a family reunion this summer. So, she's going to spend a few days in my city (in a hotel), and we'll get together and go do some touristy stuff. That's fine. I actually was looking forward to it, once we established that she'd stay in a hotel, not in my tiny little townhouse with no extra bedrooms!

Now, she tells me she's bringing a friend.

This is really painfully odd to me. I'm not exactly looking forward to entertaining my mom's friend. And, I'm really confused by it.

Am I weird? Is this normal? When your parents visit... do they ever bring along friends? Or, if you have grown children, would you bring a friend (that they have never met) to visit them?

(It seems even odder that she's bringing this friend to the family reunion... but I'm not going to that, so while strange, it doesn't really affect me.)

I just need a little bit of a sanity check here. Thanks!