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[quote=Anonymous]I’m an adult in my 40s. For at least 20 years, my mom cannot receive any information without proving that she already knows it or knows more about it. She manages to make these responses thinly veiled criticisms at the same time.

Example: my DD sent her a photo of a pet in the dining room. My mother did not recognize what room it was in, and mistakenly assumed it was the guest room. She responded that the pet looked cute but we really shouldn’t have it in that room because she knows that room is always cold. She always stays in that guest room and hasn’t mentioned in 15 years that it is cold. She hasn’t visited in 3 years, so she took this as an opportunity to show she knows better about our house and our pets than we do while simultaneously unearthing an ancient complaint about the temperature of the room. (Also, I sleep there a lot due to a foot injury that makes stairs hard so I know it is a lovely temperature).

It wasn’t just that incident- a school photo is a chance to tell me that’s not the way Martha Stewart suggests tying ribbons, or an incoming storm is a chance for her to tell us that she just knows we haven’t made a snow tire changeover appointment yet. (We have)

Argh! What’s her motivation? Why would you want to try to prove that your grown children who you raised are doing a bad job?![/quote]

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