While I do understand and agree that a parents insecurities can and often do get handed down to their children. I think that things can also be as simple as...that was a main role-model for communication. I'm not dismissing that it could be FOO I'm merely stating it could be that simple too.
He constantly complains about the fact that his mother goes on, and on, and on. As he says..."she can say more without saying anything than anyone i've ever met!!!" To which I reply, I know someone else who does that...he of course responds "I'm not THAT bad!"...I feel it necessary to assure him that yes, he absolutely is LOL. It's all done good naturedly....and he actually has improved since I've pointed it out. I feel bad when I find myself tuning out as I know...everyone wants to be heard, I simply cannot focus when he does this. So we've worked our way around it in a manner that works for us.
