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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Just ignore h[/b]er. She’s never going to change. And tell your kids grandma’s getting old and says weird things sometimes. [/quote]'

THis. grow up.  this is how the elderly behave.  Stop thinking it is personal.  Model to your children how you would like them to treat you when it is your turn.  stop complaining on sites like this[/quote]

OP, I apologize. It looks like my mother decided to post. This post above is exactly what my mother would do. She took things personally, was prone to tantrums and she would project her immaturity onto others by telling them to "grow up" and not take things personally.

Yes, my mom also thinks she is the leading authority on everything. It helped to just meet her in public places and pretend the restaurant was too noisy to hear her. I tried calmly saying things like "it looks like we have a difference of opinion." When she went into "you must an idiot" mode I calmly told her insults are not welcome here and if the insults don't stop we will need to take a break from seeing her. I also used to prepare the kids for her bad behavior. We also would see her at large family gatherings. She cares about keeping up appearances. She might try to insult us, but I would just go near someone who she behaves around so she could not do her thing or she would do her thing and sense people were side-eyeing her. Another idea is to suddenly have to use the bathroom or pretend to be distracted and change subject.

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I see you say she is visiting. Pay for them to be in a hotel next-time. You need space from her and you need to meet in public.[/quote]

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