Do you know what "passive aggression" is? It's when someone actually acts aggressively but does it with little or not effort, seemingly passively, causing you no end of stress.
For instance, you walk into a room and greet the person there. They don't respond at all, making you feel shunned and awkward and hurt. That's passive aggression.
Repeatedly asking mundane questions is another example, like you seem to accuse her of. Asking questions that don't repeat, but are nagging and nosy and controlling and unstopping... that's another form.
The only defense against passive aggression is to spot it when it's happening. If she's putting you on the defensive all the time, especially by asking the same question, you call it out loud.
"From now on, I'm calling that question "Wombat."
When she asks the same question and again, or some disguised form of it, just say, "Wombat." (or whatever "gotcha" word you chose.)
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