hi pinky,
what to say....
My mum is very much this kind of woman too.
For a person to change, something very major must happen. For my mum's case, her divorce with my dad, us getting married one by one, her pooring health, our constant communicate and influence did tone her down alot. When I start to think back, she has changed so much.
Perhaps, I should be happy that she isn't as unreasonable and demanding as before. But at the same time, she has lost the confidence and drive she had too.
My dad's plan was to humble her through the divorce. Although it didn't worked the way he had planned, after the yrs, it did work after all.
In a way, I feel very sad that I couldn't do more to make her happier.