Does anyone else have this happen to them? My nonagenarian mil lives with my hubby and I in our home, as she can no longer live on her own. She insists on playing mommy to us, and we are in our fifties! She sets bedtimes for us at
8:00 pm, tells us what to eat, and how to live our lives. She even tells us when we can and cannot have visitors in our own home, and we always give her plenty of notice beforehand. I realize she is probably trying to maintain some control in her life, and also be a loving mother/mil, but it does become quite annoying. My husband and I try to explain that we haven't had and 8:00 bedtime in about forty years, but she just won't listen. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent. :)
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I would like to say it is just that she is my mother and that she has dementia, but the truth is she did the same thing when I actually was a teenager. I used to walk away then, too, after I'd had enough. Now I usually do retire to my room at about 8:00, so I can play on the computer, search the auctions, or watch Hulu/Netflix. I enjoy the Me-Time so much.