Fairly lighthearted as it’s not really a problem, but I’ve had a weekend of it…
If you tell my mother about a decision of any kind, even the most minor one, she insists on suggesting an alternative. It’s like she can’t handle not being involved in some way. Either that or she suggests how something that’s fine as it is could be improved.
Examples from being home this weekend:
Out for dinner. She asks what I’m going to order. I say “the risotto, I think?” Her reply is “Do you fancy the tagine?”
The next day, my dad has made a casserole. She says “Do you know what would have been really nice in this? Butternut squash.” (About the only veg he hadn’t put in it.)
It was my birthday few weeks ago and she asked what I spent my birthday money on. I said I hadn’t yet, but I really wanted some new towels and I’d seen the ones I liked in M&S. “Ooh, you know where does nice towels? Next?” I say I agree, but am set on the M&S ones. “And you know where else? George at Asda. Much better quality than you’d think”. I said “I’m sure they’re nice, but I’ve chosen them - anyway, there isn’t an Asda near me”. “Well why don’t we go while you’re here? You could look at them and then order them online…”
Whyyyyyyy?! Does anyone else’s parents do this?