"Former colleague 35+, unmarried, not seen for many years, said the other day to come and see me. I said politely that my mother had just been diagnosed with lymphoma and was in no mood to play with her, but she insisted that I owed her a favor before, and I couldn't say anything..."
After reading it, I would like to say. You have said that there is something in the family that you can't take care of, and she also said that just come to see you, you absolutely do not need to play with her. Usually, friends will come, usually hotels, everyone is at home. If someone wants to be embarrassed at home, tell the in-laws or parents that they are here, and it is not convenient to chat.
Divorce it, human affection is also, the love of the year is gone, and now there is no one to accompany anyone, then what if she does not receive it!
Too much like one of my colleagues. Her husband treated her badly and her marriage was not happy. But if she wants to be proud and doesn't want to get divorced, she'll be out there looking for a lover and showing off her boyfriend in front of me every day. In fact, how many of those men are sincere with him? She also mocked herself as a yellow-faced woman [covering her face], just a civil servant, and her parents were ordinary employees of the unit. She said all day that she had eaten well in her life, played enough, never eaten, and never played in any city. She could only show off to me. It is true that my family is not as good as her family, but I dare not show off to other colleagues. Any other colleague was in much better condition than hers. Then she would have no friends. Whenever she had a holiday, she invited me to take her kids to play with them. I always refuse.