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Originally Posted by Jords

Shes only defensive when Charlie makes mistakes, its perfectly natural. I dont think she controls Charlie at all, they are quite often in different company.

You confirmed my views completely, thank you. Mothers don't need to be mollycoddling their broods long after they have breached their 20,s. That's just not right. She is using Charlie to play out her own Peter Pan type fantasy. She is seriously OTT with the teenage sh.it. She needs to act her age and stop acting like an adulterant teenager. Its ok to be hyper and have fun but she gets quite moody when Charlie broaches her own juvenile views.

I think she wants to constantly remind Charlie that she refuses to grow old. Nothing worse than an old woman trying to act like a big hip kid.