Good for you ! I am finding the same resistance with many of my family members. This week I did stand up to a co worker who has gotten it in her head that she could do no wrong and that it was okay for her to be condescending and rude to others. Well she piped up at a meeting being sarcastic and rolling her eyes and I called her on it. Of course she acted like she didn't know what she did wrong and tried to get the others to back her. (I used to just sit there and listened to her and cower thinking that there was nothing I could do) Much to my surprise the others actually backed me up and said to her that we didn't need that kind of behavior amongst us. Wow I was stunned. In the past no one had the guts to stand up for themselves and she got away with it. She to will learn that everyone needs to be treated with respect and I am learning that I need to treat myself with respect! Who knows if she will go crying to the administration as she has done before.
Thanks for your post