How to deal with my overly sensitive mom?

Try not being a judgmental, disrespectful little slag. You apparently deliberately push her buttons and hurt her feelings, whereas your brother doesn't, quit it.

She's not overly-sensitive, you are rude and obnoxious, as your use of the word "butthurt" clearly tells us.

Grow up, and stop asking this now.

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I think that unfortunately this is often the case with mothers. They are often far more strict with daughters. Sons are seen to be future heads of family and who will always fall on their feet, whilst daughters are always suffering from being kept in line. You are not alone.

Perhaps you need to have a heart-to-heart with her over this, but behave in a gentle, adult, restrained and mature manner without getting up tight as this will lead nowhere, irrespective of how over sensitive your mother gets with you. Do this in advance of any issue, perhaps indicating that you have thought about the driving issue (or another more recent by then). You don't say how old you are, but you sound as if you are a mature young person and so remind your mother gently that you are now an adult (or nearly or whatever) and that you cannot understand why this is happening.

Otherwise you will just have to shrug it off and put it down to the syndrome I have mentioned above. many mothers are indeed far more touchy about daughters (who they often see as vulnerable, or perhaps more helpless or resilient than boys who can take the knocks).

Good luck

Accept that is the way she is. Nurture her own personality. You sound a bit insensitive to your own mother.