I wanted to add before bowing out, myself. That my mom was only offering an open door when I was calling her so very distraught about various things that were happening in my own living situation such as my dad taking off at night and staying out until all kinds of ungodly hours. Which is a very different scenario indeed.
My dad took my mom through the ringer in that divorce. So she was anxious about more court shenanigans.
Different time, different era.