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Old 10-13-2008, 12:54 PM   #4
Jelena
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So, basically, there's a pattern to her behaviour. She lives a long way away from the friend and when they see each other they get on fine for a couple of days and then the mum starts lots of little criticisms that start getting bigger and bigger until it comes to huge recriminations for past events.
Hrm....that's pretty much the way a very close relative of mine
behaves towards our mother.
Sorry, I don't have any advice at all. In our case, if I confront my very close relative about her behaviour I get yelled at, totally out of control. And then she demands an apology from me, or she'll never speak to me again.

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