Is it unreasonable to expect that DD speaks to me like an adult

Oh dear! No, you're not being unreasonable!

No, of course you're not!

I get that from my bossy teacher DD also. I have just learned to zip it, which is most unlike me!

Oh glass - Grrrrr! No wonder you're angry. Hope it's a one-off.

Do you find that sometimes, the way you are spoken to by your 'children' can be quite patronising?

Yes!! And occasionally I have noticed a hint of sarcasm!

YES!

Yes, my daughter can be quite bossy with me. Sometimes I reply sharply, but mainly I just let it go.

We were never like that with our parents! We're we?

Perhaps sometimes I come over as being a bit vague.....! My son in particular, speaks very quickly, and has quite a broad Fife accent! I can take a few moments to process in my mind, what he has said - and by that time he's moved on to the next thing. By the time I reply to him, I'm replying to the wrong comment!

That's the problem I have with both of mine! They gabble! My antique brain doesn't process at that speed and I keep sayin what? They accuse me of being deaf! I'm not! My hearing is still excellent! So there!

If I forget something she's told me, DD can get quite tetchy! Probably scared I'm losing it and she'll end up having to look after me in my dotage - that'd teach her!

jeni and Anagram - thank goodness I'm not the only one!

I think they are all like that these days. We are the ignorant generation.
But we still love them, and adore their offspring.
Don't we?

We do, jeni, we do!

They are just so overwhelmingly gorgeous aren't they? (the offspring rather more so than our DC!)

My senior GD (20) has started now!

Oh, no! That means I'll have two more of them on my case in about 15 years...

All of the above the same with me and my DDs. I'm so pleased I'm not the only one. I too am inclined to just zip.

I bet sons don't do it.

You'll love it!

I have decided that I am putting her up for adoption

Possibly by then I won't care, jeni!

I don't think sons do do it, petallus. They seem to be more protective towards their mothers...(sigh!)

I wish!

Oh yes, sons do it.. They can be protective AND patronising at the same time.