I currently have no contact with my mother. She lives less than 2 miles away and some days the guilt is really consuming. I have to remember why I cut ties. She glorifies my abuser, beats me down emotionally, and has now started to knock my daughters down. They are 21. They don't much like her either. Mom is 80 but uses her so called old age to act like she doesn't remember things. Yes, but you can remember the dress your 3rd grade teacher wore on a certain day...hmm...wth?