When she retired, Clémentine moved to the countryside to live near her daughter. However, she suffers from loneliness and ultimately sees little of her daughter who lives close to home. Clémentine talks to Olivier Delacroix, on "La Libre antenne", about her relationship with her daughter.

TESTIMONY

Clementine is retired. She left Paris to come and settle near her daughter who lives in the countryside. Clementine says that her daughter even insisted that she buy a house close to hers. However, Clementine suffers from loneliness and ultimately sees little of her daughter. She spent the holiday season alone several times. At the microphone of "La Libre antenne", on Europe 1, Clémentine confides in Olivier Delacroix about her relationship with her daughter.

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"I have a daughter who is 44 years old. She has a husband. They are a beautiful family. I have a granddaughter. They live in three houses from my home. I am 67 years old, I am retired. J "was Parisian and I came to live in the provinces. It's the countryside, it radically changes the Parisian life. I was always looking for calm, but I live this retirement very badly. I am bored. What I miss the most , these are social relationships, romantic, emotional, life, laughing, sharing. Here, I spend whole days without seeing anyone.

My daughter was never respectful. I spent a lot of Christmases alone. I am a cerebral person. I tried to analyze what I could do, what happened. When my granddaughter was born, I came from Paris to take care of it, and then I don't know what happened. I have the impression that it was done little by little. My daughter is a charming person, but very directive. She tends to manage the way I live and understand things.

" She insisted that I come and live near her "

My daughter's father is not her biological father. He died three years ago. He was a great man. We stayed together for ten years. I divorced when my daughter was three years old. We stayed very close. When his father was retired, he came to live a few kilometers from here. He had never looked after my daughter. He was helping me financially. For three years, I raised my daughter by myself. When he settled, it was the god.

When I came to live here, I bought a house very close to her, very expensive compared to the market price. When I visited this house, I told him that it was much too expensive. She insisted that I come and live near her. I made a choice. I worked a lot in this house and in the garden which is 1700 m2. They never gave me a hand. From the start, I have never intruded into their lives. I have always been respectful of their family.

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Last Christmas, my children had to leave. My daughter calls me the first of the year and tells me that they haven't left. The day before, they ordered a seafood platter. Worse. On the first day of confinement, I was invited to my neighbors. My daughter arrived furious saying: "You don't give a damn about confinement". She approached me despite the distances. She spit on my face and said, "If you have coronavirus, you will know where it comes from."

I have a very close friend who lives about thirty kilometers, in a sub-prefecture. I plan to sell my house as soon as I finish paying for it, in a year and a half. I will rent a small house to get closer to the city. With my friend who is like a sister, we have the same tastes. She is my daughter, I will always be there for her, but I think she is an extremely selfish person. It's still a big mess. "