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My mom does this all the time, she'll call, talk about random stuff for awhile then we'll say goodbye and hang up. An hour later or so she'll call again because she has to tell me about some idea she had, then I have to listen to a half hour explanation of whatever she's decided is a good idea. Rinse and repeat 4- 5 times.
It's worse since she knows I'm looking to make a name in the Graphic Design field, or at least get my foot in the door. She'll call every half hour with some new job posting, which would be fine and dandy if they were 1) not something I'd already seen 5 times already, and let her know I've seen 2) Not something I have no experience in (like web work) 3) if she'd just e-mail them instead of calling to tell me.
She's trying to help but man is it getting on my nerves. She gets all mad at me when I try to explain to her that I know how things work in this field for the most part, sure I'm new to it, but I'm the one who was trained in it. She was actually trying to educate me on how if people search graphic designer on google they'll find me, which isn't true, well it might be but I'd be far far from the first on the list. She wouldn't take that as an explanation at all. 
There is a point on the phone where I just stop listening for the most part, because she's just going on about nothing, or nothing that makes sense for what I'm doing. and it's the 5th time she's called.
It's worse since she knows I'm looking to make a name in the Graphic Design field, or at least get my foot in the door. She'll call every half hour with some new job posting, which would be fine and dandy if they were 1) not something I'd already seen 5 times already, and let her know I've seen 2) Not something I have no experience in (like web work) 3) if she'd just e-mail them instead of calling to tell me.
She's trying to help but man is it getting on my nerves. She gets all mad at me when I try to explain to her that I know how things work in this field for the most part, sure I'm new to it, but I'm the one who was trained in it. She was actually trying to educate me on how if people search graphic designer on google they'll find me, which isn't true, well it might be but I'd be far far from the first on the list. She wouldn't take that as an explanation at all. There is a point on the phone where I just stop listening for the most part, because she's just going on about nothing, or nothing that makes sense for what I'm doing. and it's the 5th time she's called.
We'll talk on average once a week or so for maybe a half hour to 45 minutes, and that's it. However, she also has a lot of other things she does with friends and family, which helps with the empty nest syndrome, probably. Especially since I'm the only child.
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