people call you controlling when really they just have victim complexes and project their abusive parents/ex partners onto you and don’t even communicate or stand up to you
unless somebody is a man, significantly older, or truly holds financial/physical POWER over you... you can say no. i know you feel like you can’t but be an adult and get over it. don’t puss out and turn around and be like “yea they were controlling ;(” when you never pushed back