Bossed around

“O wad some Power the giftie gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us!"
Is it all down to this?

Have you noticed? women are bossy, men are confident.

Well, I am confident, DD is confident. It can and does lead to some lively encounters. However, we are always there when the other needs us.

Two of our three neighbours are retired or near it and in between are a family with three children. We all get on very well and no one bosses anyone.

Not even doctors boss me about. I was fortunate to go to a university with a medical school. Once you have experienced medical students at their worst. If ever a doctor gets high and mighty with me. I just look at them and remind myself they were once medical students, it cuts any doctor down to size

No and daughter still at uni so doesn't boss me, thinks I'm past it and I only wear comfortable clothes and memory going but not bossing me
As for neighbours only 5 houses out of 12 have people younger than me and two of them a only a couple of yes difference so nobody bosses anybody on street.. thank goodness couldn't cope if they did.
Couple of younger ones may try at work but just let them think they can do it, and make up my own mind. X

Confident; smart; self assured; purposeful ........ Scary? Nope! unless you try to boss me about!

A lot of scary women here!- “Nobody would dare.....”

Nobody would dare boss me about!

At 73, I still have my marbles, am the family matriarch and am perfect.

Nobody would dare!
However, I've noticed lately a slight role reversal with dd and/or her husband. Instead of seeking my sensible advice they now seem to think I need theirs about everything. However, not yet!!

My Mum would say I was bossy and isn't talking to me at all right now because the issue of her driving came up! Sadly, she is confused, ill and is losing her ability to rationalise. Despite being frail, unable to do cope without considerable assistance, she still believes she is omnipotent. Believe me, I'd love to be able to shrug my shoulders and let her get on with it but if she doesn't kill herself, she'll kill other people. The rest of the family and her friends, including her partner, are aghast that she is still driving but I seem to be the only one who will tackle the thorny issue.

Thanks for that Glammy57
You are of course entitled to your opinion.

My daughter can be a bit bossy sometimes nowadays, especially at the automated tills in supermarkets. But then I can be a bit daffy and helpless. She is a good girl and I know she loves me and will back down if I protest. Your children learn how to act from the way they saw you act. Being the one in charge is a passing on of the baton really and a sweet thing in a way. I sometimes play the frail granny, eg yesterday asking a young man to reach something from a low shelf as I had a sore back. Younger people can be so kind and helpful on those occasions if you are sweet
to them.

No!

Nobody bosses me, I don’t tolerate it. I always find it strange that some women are proud of being bossy. I see it as a sign of being an under-achiever!

I was once told to my face that I was overbearing and wanted my own way all the time
So no, no one messes with me

No I certainly wouldn’t put up with that from anyone.

I share Bathsheba's bossy granddaughter, but mine is only 4. Her mum was and is a madam too and my consolation is that 4 year old gives mum a hard time too ;)

I have never felt bossed around, but I have noticed that if you phone your mobile phone provider they assume that now we are pensioners we know absolutely nothing about modern technology.

A fair number of other businesses employ what sounds like very young staff when you speak to them on the phone, and they all tend to be patronising when you mention that you are 67. Here you cannot opt not to tell them your age, as all government offices, many firms, all trade unions etc use their customers social security numbers which contain the person's date of birth.

I get tired of being treated like an imbecile because of my age.

"My boss says I intimidate other employees, so I just stared at him until he apologised.!

My OH doesnt boss me he wouldnt dare, but in company has the irritating habit of talking about me when I am sitting , things I could easily talk about myself!

I am the bossy one these days, age seems to make me so!

Margs your neighbour sounds like my Step-S, fortunately I haven't spoken to him since my DH's Funeral over 6 years ago, no loss to me

Nobody bosses me around, it may appear that I'm a mouse who does as she's told but the reality is soooo different

DM who's 90 thinks she can still treat me like a child, I just ignore her , just blame her age

DD wouldn't dare try to boss me around, we are very alike so compromise is necessary.

As for neighbours, mine are lovely

Another one here who is also bossed around by Dd.

My son also has a tendency to speak in a condescending manner. They think we know nothing.

My Dgs who is now four years old is also bossy, but that is probably an infant stage he is going through, I hope.

Yes, it’s very annoying to be spoken down to. It seems a few of us here are afflicted. If I try to talk back, it end with an argument, so I tend to let it go. There is the odd occasion when I know I’m right, I will rear up.
Well, you can only take so much, can’t you?

Nope absolutely not and sometimes it's the other way round when older people always seem to think they know everything when actually they don't.

I don't think anyone dare hahahaha.

Many people have tried to boss me around.
I was once friendly with an old lady (like me) . She told me, my husband tells me to do this and that. I say "Yes dear, of course" and go on to do what I like.
He never notices.