I don't know why I bother

lol. thanks. I don't think they really have an excuse. They just always think they are right, and think so highly of themselves, that no matter of I say, it's absurb. I do bit my toungue, because unfortunately, it is a family member that I live with. So I try to keep the peace. No matter how difficult it seems to be.

Good luck and take care.

I agree, an unfortuantely it is a family member. So to that particular person, I just keep to myself, and figure I'll just keep my 2 cents. No matter how wrong they are.

It bothers me as well. Especially since it is a reoccuring thing.

Hey craftcathcer! Sorry you had to deal with a jerk on Mylot. I have always enjoyed all your discussions and responses. The same thing has happened to me before on MyLot. Mostly, we just get busy typing and accidentally leave a detail out or just leave it out to protect our own privacy. And then some dingbat comes along and decides to treat us all like four year olds. They have nothing better to do with their lives. The other day I started a discussion on American inventions, meant to inspire patriotism for the 4th of July and Independence day. I was unpleasantly surprised at some of the responses. Of course, some were expected, though. One person went out of their way to nitpick my list, as if the list was supposed to be scholarly and subject to scrutiny. Hey, people! I didn't get paid for the list. It was just a list. Get a life. Anyway! You can see that I'm on a rant about the whole subject. Best of luck to both of you.

lol, I wish kicking people in the shin worked for every situation. That really sucks, but at least you got a laugh out of it. Normally, I just blow things off, and then they don't bother me. This is just a reoccurring thing though, and it's just irritating, and above all rude. So I just bit my tounge, and from now on, I just don't say anything much at all.

It is really rude, and it irritates me to no end. I do everything I can to be polite, even in difficult situations. Being rude is just something that should never happen.

I guess it's more or less they don't care what I have to say, they think too highly of themselves to even bother with maybe even thinking my advice, opinion, or statement, may be worth a second thought. It's rude.. and annoying..

Oh! 16 years old, she doesn't know as much as she thinks she does. Our 3 kids are all in their 20's now. When they hit their teens, Mom and Dad (us!) suddenly got really, really dumb and didn't know anything and of course they knew it ALL. UGH. Now that they've gotten older, we've gotten smart again. I'd suggest you just ignore her. She's getting attention out of bad mouthing you. Ignoring her will bother her a whole lot more than it will bother you IMO. Good luck!

Sadly, it's a family member whose ego is out of this world. Needless to say she is 16. So that should explain it all. It's just irritating, and really, really rude.

I'm sorry to hear that, and I can definitely relate. I'm to the point where I try to ignore them, and just move on. It really is rude, and very disrespectful.

I actually have this problem A LOT. I feel like I don't even exist in a full room, even when people talk to me, they just ignore what I said. And just like you, apparently I don't follow directions, and then they do it they same way, and it doesn't work for them either. And they are just like oh, it doesn't work. This is extremely frustrating. I don't go visit some of my family JUST for that particular reason. They always have some sort of better suggestion for what I am doing to raise my son. It's one thing to have a suggestion, it's another thing to say, well I used to do it this way, and it worked best for me, I think you should try it to. But oh, I'm not trying to impose! lol, yes. Hopefully, today, is a much better day.

Thanks. It's not even that they disagree with my opinion, it's more or less they don't want to listen, and cut me off before I even open my mouth. It's more irriating than anything.

I agree. I also try to avoid them when I can, at least conversation wise. It's ridiculous that people think they can act that way towards other people, and I'm family! It's just irritating, rude, and disrespectful.

I agree. The attitude they have, they think they are royalty, and perfect. I try to ignore it, and then think maybe I can say something, and just get cut off, and I feel like a complete idiot for thinking I could even bother to say anything. It's starting to become a huge pet peeve of mine.

I wouldn't say it's so much intimidating, but I have been intimidated in the past for speaking up, and I've learned I must stand up for myself, no matter the consequence. But this situation is a bit different. It's a younger family member, that I live with, and there's just no getting through to her that what she's doing is rude. I'm not her mother (even though we have the same), I'm not going to sit there and correct her for being rude and improper. Just to keep the peace, I've stop voicing my opinion to her, and mostly just ignore her til she gets out of this "phase".

I try to avoid conversation, but sometimes it's difficult when I live with this person. So whenever I get cut off, normally I don't say anything, but if they say something that's really troublesome I just ask them to please stop, and no matter what they say after that, even if it's a snide remark (and normally it is), I just ignore them and end the conversation.