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thanks Splendra, i see your points and you are right in that some of it is due to me seeing myself in her. But it goes beyond that. In relaying the past 2 days only to my mom just a few minutes ago, i was reminded of her having major issues with me and my work several times a day and saying things like "okay, this has come to a head. We need to talk!" and then her preparing to lecture me after going thru her college book to remind herself of the rules. And you would have thought i had something to deserve her reaction like that so sudden, but the question and answer was simply: her, "is your picture vertical or horizontal? Me, "It's a square" (meaning i had cropped it into more of a square than a rectangle).

And she goes off!

I can do critisism if approached without anger toward me. She could have said, something like: "square images really make laying the page out difficult. Remind me to elaborate a little tomorrow when we aren't already passed deadline."

Fine. no problem. i'm always willing to learn more. i understand college students have things fresh in their mind, but she is constantly creating havoc in my job and i'm not the only one she has been doing it to. I'm just not as strong as the older/veteran reporters and they report directly to boss, so she sees me as the only person she can really boss around herself.

she needs someone to boss. and i'm not going to let her continue tearing me down hour after hour like she does her husband when he call her 20 times a night to ask when she'll be done.

he married her. she can go back to JUST bossing him around...not me i didn't marry her.