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My Son Knows Everything

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GagaJo Mon 08-Mar-21 11:21:50

Oh god, my daughter too. When she was younger, she was just a smart a**e. Now she is getting older, she acts as if it is because I am aging and not as well up on things. Despite my being a successful professional.

I don't engage with it now, or at least as much as I can avoid it. Refusing to get drawn in helps. Or it helps me, at least, which is the best I can do.

Trying to work a situation, so she thinks something I have suggested is her own opinion, works well, IF I can manage it, but I am often not patient or subtle enough to pull that off.

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Grandmabatty Mon 08-Mar-21 11:18:25

Well he isn't an expert on good manners or respecting his mum!

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Sarnia Mon 08-Mar-21 11:16:21

Ooops. It's called 'They should have asked my husband'. Sorry!

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Sarnia Mon 08-Mar-21 11:14:29

If his wife backs him then she is reinforcing his opinion that he is an expert on everything under the sun so you probably have an uphill battle. I don't have any magic and tactful suggestions for your son but if you get a chance just Google the poem 'Ask My Husband Anything' by Pam Ayres. It may give you a wry smile.

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WhiteRabbit57 Mon 08-Mar-21 11:08:44

My son is twenty eight and he knows everything, literally everything. He really believes he is an expert on every single subject.

I'm intelligent, well read, I know more about current affairs than he does, for certain, but everything I say, on any subject is returned with sneers of derision. My husband watches in disbelief, but neither of us feel we can fight back for fear of ruining our relationship and losing contact with our grandchildren.

A while back I tried to talk to my son about it, but there really is no way in, he just knows better on every level - even human relationships. His wife backs him him all the time so no 'in' there.

I am really depressed, I try to tell myself that 'these things will pass' eventually, but the last time they came round he cut me off mid-sentence to tell me my contribution to the conversation was trivial. I have been so upset.

Does anyone have any advice?

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