Purple, Vent away! Sounds like he's got to work on his parenting skills...and finding some patience. My W acts that way with my S11 - though she doesn't seem to have that kind of problem with our baby (yet).
I'm trying to remember something about control freaks that I read just recently...but I can't place it yet...It was something about how men that control are expressing an insecurity...which book was it? I'll have to check and get back to you.
Does not having expectations help one deal with a control freak? I wonder...my control freak is no longer a resident in the house so I don't get much of a chance to experiment with tactics...I do know that when she used to try to tell my S11 how to do things I would sometimes just have to laugh about it - and turn it into some kind of joke...otherwise it would just annoy me too much...oh...the laughter was usually with the hope of helping her see the extremes in her own words or actions...but I didn't always have the patiences to look for humor...sometimes i just said, please, he's a child, you're an adult, remember the difference...which never went over well....
