At the end of the day, your mum is still a person of her own. I’m sure it is just her dealing with the stresses of life and not that she has a problem with you
But a chat sounds like a good idea, good communication is always good
I live like I own my parents home and they get annoyed and then I feel treated badly but they are doing their best to accommodate - the effects of this illness. It really is strange
A lot of mothers really have a hard time viewing their offspring as independent adults. I’m a male, and it seemed like my mother tried to get me to identify with her. I was already sensitive about my manhood, and it gave me the creeps when she did that. Sometimes I wish I had just left and gotten a job. I probably would have messed it up, though.
It’s hard to describe, but it was kind of like she would try to enlist me in feminine things that I didn’t want to join in. I doubt if she even knew she was doing it. There was a book written many years ago titled “Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche, and the Guide to all That is Truly Masculine”. I didn’t take it too seriously, but I came across one guy who actually wouldn’t eat quiche because it threatened his masculinity. I have a pretty high tolerance for some threats to my masculinity, but some things give me the creeps. Most guys are into professional football and hot cars as a way of expressing their masculinity, but I’m into amateur wrestling and military stuff - not so much the spit shine as the weapons systems, and stuff like that. I am able to do things like watch Masterpiece Theater, which would be anathema to a lot of guys. I don’t care what they think of me. I like it.