DEAR DEIDRE: I’M recovering from cancer but didn’t even tell my mum I had been diagnosed with it because she completely lacks empathy.
She’s infuriating. Any time I call her and say, “I’m full of cold”, she’ll say: “I’ve had that one.
“Caught it last week.”
If I tell her I’ve got sore feet and my bunions need doing, she’ll say, “Your uncle Ted had that”, not, “I’m sorry to hear that”, or, “That must be painful”.
She’s 74, I’m 45 and I resist calling her. Even if I tell her I’ve had a bad day her reply may be just: “It’s rained here.”