This is something totally new to you as a person. You have lived your life and never had to rearrange what you did to someone else.I have alwyas listened at what my boyfriend said, and had computed it so when I said something back to him when he was in his "attitude mode" I didnt make it worse. I just tried to be there as the unbiased individual , and let him know I wasnt the critic, just because I didn't grow up with him, or in your case, she didnt raise u, so it isnt an obligation to be there. U are there as a friend, and in my case, a lover. ... View related article.