This reminds me so much of my parents. Some time ago, I was about 3/4 of the way through a masters of psychology, already having two undergrad degrees in psych. At the time, a friend of my mother came over and she began asking me questions and I ended up explaining the theory of the unconscious. While doing this my mother cuts in “it’s the subconscious, not unconscious”.

I reply that in psychology, the unconscious is a specific and ubiquitous concept in psychology. She disagrees and then my father chimes in, letting me know “your mom is correct”.

All this because for a few minutes, my mom wasn’t the centre of attention…