My mum. I've never had a conversation with her. She only wants to hear what she has to say and anything I or anyone else says is wrong. No one has anything to do with her anymore, it's impossible.

Yes, I end up bending backwards to try and compensate for their issues rather than address them because my own suffering is better than the fight and hours of insincere apologies just to try and get things back to the way they were. My best guess for some issues is to say that I am addressing something similar in myself in hopes that they will have the self-awareness to realize that they have the problem. It rarely works.

My mum, I can relate it's tough

That's why she's my ex.

Our daughters are so sensitive they will disappear for a month if I dare criticize them, ( they are in their 30's ). I don't get it...

I do know someone like that and she is a bipolar psycho bitch. I'm not talking about your parents. I blocked this person from my text messenger and I suppose my talk option as well.