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CAROLYN HAX: WHAT MAKES PARENTS SO ANNOYING, EVEN TO THEIR MIDDLE-AGED CHILDREN?

Advice by Carolyn Hax
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January 16, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. EST

(Nick Galifianakis/For The Washington Post)

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Adapted from an online discussion.

Hi, Carolyn: My sister and I recently pondered whether all kids think their moms
are annoying. Of course, there are few universal truths, but we both find
ourselves highly annoyed by our mother most of the time. Anecdotally, my husband
finds his mother annoying perhaps 35 to 40 percent of the time. My sister’s
teenagers find her annoying most of the time, but they are teens, so who knows
how that will play out.


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