Oh, it's gonna feel good to get this one out! I'm going to be attending a vocal concert this weekend (traditional Anglican boychoir - my son sang with them a few years back). My mom has decided to join me. She has a music background, as in advanced piano and was in a national honors choir in college. Problem is, musical talent AND aural precision skipped right over me. I just love to go and listen, get immersed in it, and come out feeling rejuvenated. She'll nitpick/whisper through the whole thing about how this and that note was flat, or the arrangement could have been better ... I can't hear it and frankly don't give a sh!t. I want to swat her. I've tried to politely ask her not to be so critical and that she's ruining the experience for me. Part of me is dreading this concert! I'm going to try one more time before the concert to explain my position, and if she keeps doing it I am DONE attending musical performances with her.
