Curmudgeon
default setting: sarcastic prick
Yeah, I see where you are coming from. I guess I'll just ignore anything "aggressive". She works in the dining room and I'm in the kitchen so it isn't like I'm with her for hours on end. It wouldn't be that difficult.
I honestly hate the way my parents raised me and sheltered me from this kind of stuff when I was younger, I feel like such an idiot of a teenager.
I think you have the right of it. If it's any consolation, I've never heard of parents who taught their children how to deal with what you're going through. It's just one of those strange life circumstances we have to learn to work out on our own.