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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Lots of good responses so far.

I have lots of issues with my Mom.  Conversations always devolve this way, basically on any subject; as a result, I barely speak with her.  I absolutely need help communicating with my mother.  I find her very immature, quick to overreact, very unreasonable, and unwilling to compromise or try to understand others' positions.  I'm well aware that this problem will only get worse with the baby on the way when I can't ignore her as easily.  I don't WANT to ignore her and cut her out.  I WANT her to be able to share in her grandchild's life.  Hell, I WANT to have a mother I like and can speak to, for my own sake.  This has been a lonely pregnancy!  I just don't know how to work with her to get her to do so in a reasonable way.  Conversations by phone don't go well because she often hangs up on me.  In person, she often leaves the room and locks herself in her room.  She has this problem with a number of people, but I seem to bring out the worst in her, unfortunately.

With respect to Facebook, my mom is actually more savvy than most -- on the tech side.  She is pretty up on these things -- she has a webpage, she uses YouTube and twitter, she does PR contracting work that involves online presence.  The problem is that, from my perspective, she is not savvy on the privacy issues (probably because she lives in a rural area).  As a result, she makes conscious decisions to share widely and feels attacked and slighted when they are criticized.  Her FB page is not "Friends only" access; she has a public website on which she posts family and personal info; she posts videos of my niece on YouTube.  Etc.  She wants to share widely.  I don't know how to draw a reasonable line and enforce it.
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