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[quote=Anonymous]I (whose job it is to be self aware to help others be self aware) have found as I've gotten older (certainly not close to 70) that I am more in need of "controlling" my world and the people I love. It's a bad thing, I know this, and I work on it constantly. But I understand it's related to my own need to feel secure as I age. Helping my own parents through the aging process has been eye-opening.

Given that, I know that most people don't naturally come to self reflection. They come to most issues on a primal level of dealing with a "primal need."

I don't know that it's possible to have a one-on-one discussion with your mom, OP, but maybe if you sat down together and talked this through you could come up with something that helps you both. Her to understand that she is loved and secure, and you (and your family) need their own space and time together.

That said, I'm guessing she is used to it just being a tumult of family together at all times, and might not be able to understand this need for separateness. [/quote]

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