[SchmennaLeigh]

I've lied to coworkers or not been totally truthful by not telling the "whole" story. My coworkers aren't my "friends" so they were on a need-to-know basis and usually didn't need to know. I let people believe that the pregnancy with my son was my first because I didn't feel like letting everyone in broadcasting know about my daughter.

That said, boundaries are greatly important. Let her know if the calls are too much. Frankly, I don't talk to ANYONE on the phone multiple times per day so if I was dealing with that I would just have to say, "I'm trying to parent x(2 for me, 4 for you)-number of children and I have a lot to get done in a day. I would appreciate if we could work something out that would better suit us both when it comes to the phone." It's scary at first but it sounds as though you would both benefit from some boundary setting.