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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents who are in their 60's are staying over, everything is going okay. I need to ask something about my mom though. If in a conversation, I mention anything....ANYTHING!!! She will come back with something related in her own life or her friend's lives. Is this normal?

Ex: Me: (Just trying to make some conversation) Mom, look at this new blender I bought! You can make smoothies and add some fresh tasting fruits.
Mom: My friends have something called an airfryer. Do you have an airfryer? No? Haha Oh all my friends have them so I thought everyone had one.

Basically anything I talk about she is in comparison with it or bringing up her equivalent of whatever the things is. Is this normal?

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So, she should be interested in your blender, but not her friends' airfryer? I'd wager that your 60+ year old mother has owned a lot of blenders.  The air fryer is a newer thing and seems more interesting. At least she is still on-topic with kitchen gadgetry. [/quote]

New poster - it’s not about the blender. It’s that the mom can’t talk about OP at all. The proper response is -
Do you like the new blender? Is it easy to clean? What do you make in it? Then - have you heard about air dryers? To which OP responds “no, do you have one? Do you like it?” 
It’s a give and take. My Mom and MIL do this and it’s super annoying. It’s all about them, their neighbor, their friend, their dental hygienist’s dog walker’s niece. [/quote]

This. it’s not about any appliances. its about the daughter being invisible and insignificant to the mother.  “you are not worthy of my attention” is the message such mothers send. [/quote]

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