"I want you to admit that my idea worked out great for you...." This, to me, is about establishing more control - saying out loud that listening to them and doing what they said helped you further cements the power dynamic (they have the power, you MUST submit) - correspondingly, you may here "well, if you'd done what I said, this bad thing wouldn't have happened...."

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Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .

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Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .