We share a home with my mother who is in her 80's.
She has always been stubborn I guess is the best description. She'll get a bee in her bonnet and go on and on until it's done the way she thinks it ought to be.
I'm finding it harder and harder to even have a chat with her. Every conversation is a minefield. I don't know what she will fixate on next.
A simple sentence about what is for dinner can lead to a debate on what to buy from which shop, which leads to disapproval if we don't go to her preferred choice of the day, which leads to her making a separate trip to purchase her preferred item from that shop for the freezer.
She and dad would spend the whole day food shopping - going to all the supermarkets and the market.
I just don't want to do that.
I'm getting worn down. I also feel guilty at not not talking to her more. I just can't deal with the consequences.