Visiting my parents for the weekend, and finding it a bit difficult.
My mum is kind and supportive, but can also be quite critical or come across as (maybe?) a bit impatient.
She'll tell me to do things, or just be quite nosey sometimes. Basically, we're still in the same dynamic that we had when I was a child. And it's shit.
She keeps on telling me to assert myself and stand up for myself when I'm dealing with other people, but then criticises me if I assert myself with her (e.g. she asked me how my counselling sessions were going, and got into a huff when I said I didn't want to talk about it (got another thread about this)).
Another situation - she went out shopping, and asked if I wanted anything. I asked if she could please get X, Y, Z. She came back and got a couple of alternative things to X and Y, which weren't really like them at all. I really appreciate that she got things for me. I just find it a bit frustrating how she will always go out of her to get things that are different to X, Y and Z. WWYD?