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Reply to "Bad advice from Mom. How to stop the flow of it and the expectation I will follow."
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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have a parent like this, so my viewpoint is of course skewed. I am sure it is very hard, but it seems to me that you engage a bit too much. I get she is probing and asking and pressing, but the truth is this isn't always about the specific issue and you're 1) never going to make her happy and 2) you can't change her. She won't ever stop. So why not refuse to engage? Just agree with her and move on. You don't have to tell her she's wrong, or she's right or anything. Just, that's an interesting idea, I'll try it. How's dinner? And when she presses or whatever, just give vague answers, yep, things are great now! It's totally inauthentic, of course. But it gets her off your back. The harder thing - and probably better thing - would be to train her rthat you won't put up with it, as someone described above. But I'm more a fan of the kill them with kindness approach. [/quote]
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