Vickie couldn't have said it better in my line of thinking.

I know that when my parents were alive, now and then the same thing would happen to me that has happened to you. After trying so hard to get them to hear me, and it not working very well, I figured the best thing I could do (because I was an adult and could make my own choices) was to listen, to thank them for their opinion, to take from what they said anything I thought was valid and to throw away whatever I felt was invalid and go from there.

I found it wasn't worth arguing about as we only ended up with hurt feelings. I tried to remember that they were trying to give me the benefit of their knowledge and what they had learned over their lifetime. It may or may not have been applicable to me and my life (at that time). Sometimes I found that what they had said to me was applicable, but not until later in my life, when I had grown and learned more as well.

The adult child and parent relationship can be very tedious at times. We struggle with who is going to be in control. Parents sometimes have trouble letting go of their control of their kids...no matter how old we are


sabby