I'm lucky in the fact that my mum is essentially overbearin like yours but realizes it!! We have spoken about what to expect and how to deal with the whole situation together which helps. I think also in the last 12 months my mum has had to step away from being a mum and sort of let me go and this is no different. I'm fiercely independent and she knows I don't want her stepping on her toes so we're quite open and honest.

At the same time sometimes she does scare me with the thing she says etc... :shock: DP thinks once Emersons here we'll never get her out of the house...

Maybe open up the communication lines and keep things working that way.

Not sure if any of this helps though....