Thanks Tuned Out and OpenEyes

Sound advice/views as usual.

She's never embraced technology so won't get text/e-mail. Keep trying this strategy of walking out when the abuse starts, but it doesn't work. Although claiming that her memory is failing, she still remembers everyone who has "done her wrong". As I've said before, it's a long and growing list.

I appreciate what can happen as we age. It's something we can't avoid! Having witnessed this behaviour for as long as I can remember, I know she is not going to change. Even when she was younger, if I challenged anything unacceptable that she said, it would be met with insults (perhaps just to restore her authority). I was again told today that I showed her no respect. At 65 years of age, I don't need this, but the only response I got was "so what". I've always been a different character from other close family members and have been punished for it over the years. Know I appear to be expecting too much, but I thought a few weeks ago we'd finally achieved some sort of positive relationship. Now it seems it hasn't even survived lockdown (whichever version).