Practice saying OK or as you'll sometimes hear around here, open a big can of STFU.
Don't mother.
Again, Codependent No More.
I know how hard this is. For whatever reason, in our M, H acted like he was either incapable or chose not to be responsible for things so I constantly did things for him, reminded him of everything, made him lists, made suggestions, etc. Since BD I have STFU about *everything.* I have to say, it is not easy, but I have done a great job with it. (patting self on back.) And guess what? It turns out he CAN do things himself!
Who knew?
me: 44 XH: 42 M 11 years D10 and S8 Bomb drop 9/27/13 D final 7/1/14