Once she is entitled to an opinion on something and believe it, its very difficult to get her to change her opinion.
That's probably because her opinion is already well thought out. And why wouldn't she be entitled to an opinion on something??
I tend to give a few involuntary suggestions
To the second point: does she come to you and say, "honey I'm making a decision and want to know what you think"? Or do you just tell her what you think she should do. Because, if the latter is the case, I would agree with her. That is rude. And it's kind of her to forgive you.