It’s no fun being critical or controlling. It makes you feel miserable; it ruins the atmosphere, and you don’t usually get what you want anyway. Maybe if your voice is low and calm, then you can express what you want clearly, and it will get done. The problem may be that you are struggling to express what you want without being critical and controlling. I know the people in my family don’t respond well to being micromanaged, and I didn’t even realise I was doing that. It real