Rose, do you ever just quietly say, "dont talk to me like that?" He sounds a LOT like my mother, and it wasnt until VERY late in her life that i DID venture to say things like that. It just wasnt done! Her way or the highway. It would have started an argument. So i can understand if you dont say anything.

But maybe you can put a bug in his ear. He doesnt have to be nice, but he better stop being mean, if he wants things to stay the same. Myself, i could not deal with my mother - she only wanted to win every fight. If he is even nice sometimes, boy he is waaaay ahead of her.