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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
This type of personality can rub anyone the wrong way. Yes, very controlling and telling others what to do like she has authority. That can trigger anyone who has a history of a bossy know it all type personality that at times can be condescending. “This is that and you have to do this or that”. People don’t like that.
My older sister is that age and she can be that way, bossy and very controlling. Often that can come from a parent behaving that way, like a bossy school teacher given a license to dictate and judge and correct.
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I was thinking about this, in the context of whether or not I overreacted. Well, I shouldn't have engaged and should have just kept on uh-huh-ing, but once in a while she pushes a button and I lose it. Anyway, about your comment, yes, I guess that's why I lost it. Because she has been so extremely controlling in the past, especially when I lived at home. I joke to friends that my survival strategy when I lived at home was "Total Submission." Now I'm this old (41) and 2000 miles away, and when I hear the ways she fantasizes about controlling me, I go nuts...