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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you called her out on this behavior either when it happens or separately? [/quote]

I have. She apologized and then cries, then tells me I am so hard on her and made her cry. [/quote]

"Your feelings about your behavior are not my responsibility. I cannot make you cry when it's your own behavior that you are supposedly sorry for. This dynamic stops, one way or another: either you own up to it and change it, or you continue it and I avoid you. It's your call."[/quote]

+1  How nice that so many people haven't experienced this kind of subtle toxicity.  My mother does the same thing.  People who haven't grown up with manipulative family members don't see the intent/spirit of these things.  [/quote]

Right? My mom does this and knows exactly what she's doing. She's always trying to one up me and put me in my place so that she can look better and feel better about herself. There's nothing nice about it and other people see this and she makes conversations awkward. Must be nice to have a parent who doesn't habitually do this to you. I can tell when my mom is about to go off track into one of these stories and I either make a quick getaway or quickly steer the conversation in another direction if I can. [b]She says she is "just kidding"[/b] when I try to tell her to stop doing it. She doesn't care.[/quote]

+1  Don't forget that you're also 'too sensitive' or 'blowing it out of proportion'.  Like the PP said, 'how nice that so many people haven't experienced this kind of subtle toxicity'. [/quote]

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