Raising Parents

My parents exacerbate me at times.  (Don't worry I looked that word up, it's used correctly) Yes, my mom and dad can be annoying at times.  Actually I'm finding the older I get correlates with the aforementioned, but I suppose that's life.

Don't get me wrong, I love my parents and they did an awesome job as parents.  I'm sure their parents were annoying to them too.  I can and should take some of the blame for causing the frustration.  With my dad, not so much my mom, I strove to not be like them.  That sounds bad, I know, but if you know my dad and how closely we resemble each other in looks, mannerisms and the like you understand.  Again my dad is an awesome father I just didn't want to be like him.  Same goes for my oldest, younger sister.  She's an awesome woman, but I didn't want to be like her.  And I think that may be at the root of some of the problems.  I don't do or handle things the way my father does and I think it annoys him which in turn runs down hill to me.  So when I don't react the way he thinks I should he gets aggravated and thus his reaction to my nonreaction or differing reaction causes my annoyance.

There's really only two main irritations that I have with my parents.  The first pertains to being compared to others.  I hate it even if it is a true statement.  I don't need to know about it because I am probably already aware of it.  Plus it's never a good comparison.  And I know they always hated it when one did it to the other.  Maybe next time it starts to come out of their mouth I'll turn the tables, in a gentle and nonthreatening way.  The second is trying to run my life.  I'm 28, going on 29 in May.  I've survived this long so I think I can manage on my own.  I'm all for advice or a tidbit or, if I ask for it, guidance.  But telling me what I should do in this situation or talking to me like I'm under 10 just irks me.  I've been told by some that it is concern and love and I totally understand that, but enough is enough.  I'm more than likely gonna do what I want to do anyway.

Then again I'm not a parent so maybe I'm missing something?