There's an event a few states away from me which takes place in a few weeks. I bought tickets and made reservations in December. I went to this event last year and really liked it. I saw my mother last night and she said that she wasn't sure if she was going to go and asked if she could get a refund on her ticket. I was ... ??? I never invited her, she never mentioned that she was going.

Does anyone else have a parent who does this? It just seems crazy to me. She's making travel plans based on my travel plans without telling me? I try not to tell her anything, no specifics, because this has been a problem in the past. She tried to do this last summer also with another event, but at the last minute did the same thing, deciding she couldn't go after all.

A month ago I found out that she was going to places I volunteer at/visit. Another family member told me, commenting that they had no idea my mother was interested in X or Y, which was my thought also. *I* am interested in X and Y and I feel like she is going because she thinks I will be there.

This is really more of a rant than anything else. I just can't believe she does this. Why can't she find her own friends and her own interests???