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Originally Posted by Discombobulated
“I appreciate your caring about me but these are my decisions alone and I alone have to live with the consequences “
“When you were my age were you making your own decisions?” (I’ve found this one to be particularly effective as the answer is normally that they were living a fully independent adult life at this stage)
It’s normally to do with a parent not realising their child is grown up. Being compassionate and patient but firm in not indulging it can help I’ve found.
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Thank you. Once she was really demeaning and said she does not trust me to make my decisions and is not as smart as she is. It's disappointing, because I think I've done okay for myself, so I do not understand why she cannot trust me to make my own decisions in life.