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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, can you please explain why you refused to order? I get that your mom was being totally weird, but I don't get why you dug in your heels. Do you have takeout order anxiety, too? Or were you just enjoying the power struggle? Or what?

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OP here.  I was tired and cranky.  I had just walked into the house after a rough day, hadn't even set my stuff down when she told me to order the food.  I told her she could order it.  Her response was that if I didn't order it, she wasn't buying it.  I said it looks like it's leftovers then.  DH said he'd order it.  She repeated that if I didn't order it, she wasn't buying.

A whole lot of baggage was contained in that brief interaction.  Was I being a crank?  Yes, I was.  Did I dig in my heels?  I sure did. I know it can be difficult to understand why I reacted the way I did if you haven't grown up with a controlling/manipulative parent.  If I had to do it over again, I'd do it the exact same way.  What worked for her in the past is no longer effective.  She needs to learn that.[/quote]

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