Push-Me / Pull-You

Often it seems that the more one tries to push or force another to go forward in a certain direction, the more the other who is being pushed ultimately desires to proceed in the entirely opposite direction.

AVT  (September, 2014)

See:

Of the quest to control [any given situation] …..

http://adamvernontrotter.blogspot.com/2009/07/of-quest-to-control-any-given-situation.html