@jett56 I’m sorry. It IS often so difficult to communicate with them. They get so confused and in turn blame it on us that the conversation has gone south. My husband sometimes says things like “ok! Let’s start this over (conversation)” so he can ‘educate’ me on what we’re talking about. Sometimes he will also say “you need to learn…” in a very belittling way. It’s frustrating, but even more hurtful. We do the circle conversating, “you said, I said, I thought, no you said…”. on and on. Exhausting. But trying to learn to not to engage is sooo hard to practice. I just wish you luck (and patience)!
We all get it, so you’re not speaking to deaf ears.