Well, I'm 53 and my dear mother still loves to remind me that, no matter what, SHE'S still THE mother! Since she's been ill and unable to walk, I'm now in charge of everything. My boyfriend John has moved in to help, and he cringes at my mother's ways, but, I love her regardless. Over the years, I've accepted that our personalities are so different. Yet we still, in our own way, get along great. Life is too short to hold grudges and people are the way they are. I don't expect or want anyone to change me. We all say things we don't mean. Nowadays, I just laugh or shrug. It's taken me eons not to become defensive or offended. So, "young" people aren't the only ones who have parental difficulties. I just think as you get older and deal with the public more too, ot's easier to bear.