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I never asked her to "fix" me.

My mom? She always plays can you top this. So, its useless to discuss with her because even if you had just been in a car wreck and were in the hospital she would find a way to talk about herself. </font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font>

there are some friends/family out there who do try to "fix" whatever - when nobody asked them to try this - I have had a couple of them too (we would go out and next thing I know one is trying to plan my career, another won't stop interrogating me about every personal question she can think of - then starts the meddling if I make the mistake of answering (all according to her attempts to control the non-conversation)
And I also have a family member who does the "top this" like you described - and I have no idea why - except that it IS attention-seeking (maybe she gets it from learning to make "I" statements - which doesn't help with listening/understanding - some people just have to be talking ALL the time

Result: I don't have much time for the "friend" lately and I dislike the angry or nasty outbursts of either of them (which I have come to notice over time) -no need for angry outbursts - again - why? (attempts to control?)
It gets so that I dislike being around them.