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Originally Posted by JoeS21
She's done this for as far back as I can remember. As far as using the wrong words goes, sometimes I think it's intentional and other times I think it just happens (unintentionally). I have no way of knowing for sure, but a friend of mine suggested that she might plant words in her speech to try to trigger me. For some reason she seems to get happier whenever I have a negative reaction to something she says or does. A couple different counselors told me to stay away from her and not to talk to her, but she's my mom.
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I don't think she would intentionally "plant" words just to trigger you - saying "Thats so pretty" about a tree she hasn't seen that your neighbors planted just sounds like she's not using the correct words which seems more like a speech/brain problem to me. Is it possible she seems happier when you react negatively because she's trying to use her tone of voice to say sorry and lighten up the conversation whenever she hears you starting to get upset? Maybe it just seems like she's happier but she's trying to turn around the conversation. I have no idea.
One time my mom came up to me at SeaWorld when I was 17 and said "That swimsuit makes your boobs look so small!" in front of a group of other people who heard her - when I looked at her with a horrified expression on my face she
laughed (what I'm assuming was out of embarrassment on her part) and practically scampered away.