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[quote=Anonymous]My mom is similar to OP's parents. Every decision I make is wrong if I don't make the choice she would have made. Usually this is accompanied by a long lecture of exactly why she thinks I've made a horrible choice that will ruin everything. My way of dealing with this only worked after months of consistently doing it. When she goes into hypercritical mode, I just say, Mom, I've made my choice and I'm comfortable with it. You've voiced your reasons for not liking it and I disagree. We don't need to talk about this again, it will just cause an argument. If she starts up again I tell her that I'm done talking about it because she only has negative things to say, and that we can talk about something else or I will leave/hang up/etc. If I said I would leave/hang up, etc., I followed through. She rolls her eyes and gets huffy but the endless criticism has definitely decreased. [/quote]
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