My friend seems to be quizzing me on media we watch
She's a really good friend, but the one thing that makes me anxious around her, is she seems really high and mighty about her intelligence a lot. Like she talks about her IQ and how smart she is a lot.
I have health issues that cause brain fog and negativity impact my cognitive and memory to the point of struggling with common "easy" tasks.
One issue I was having with her is when she invites me to board game night, she always brings a game that has really complicated rules, and shuts me down if I suggest something easier. I've told her that this bothers me, and I wish she would either tell me what she wants to play ahead of time so I could try to learn the rules on my own time, or just play an easier game, because otherwise I just end of feeling like I have to make up an excuse to leave or try to play and spend several hours having everyone get angry at me and/or making fun of me for being slow.
Anyway, as of late, whenever we watch something together, sometimes she picks movies and tv shows that are a little bit hard to follow, like Cloud Atlas, Memento, stuff like that. I don't really mind it, but what's annoying me is she will pause it just to look at me and ask questions like "do you understand what's happening?" And "do think you know what will happen next?" Does anyone else find this weird?? Like first of all, I'm trying to actually WATCH it. If I was confused, I would say so. I don't want it to be paused all the time. It makes it take FOREVER to watch one movie.
But it feels really condescending, like would you do that for everyone?? Everything feels like homework because of it. I don't wanna watch something feeling tense because I know that I might have to stop to be questioned and judged about my understanding or thoughts on it. I've already asked her to stop doing this a few times.
Should I say something? I've already talked to her about similar behavior in the past. Is this behavior normal, or do you think it's condescending?