Look, I don't demand/I'm not demanding that you do

[EngLearner]

John is playing tennis. Bob tells John that he doesn't like tennis and that it would be better if he (John) was doing something else rather than playing tennis. John says the following in reply to Bob:

Look, I don't demand/I'm not demanding that you do what I'm doing, and I don't want you telling me what to do either. Mind your own business!

Which of the above two options should be used in this case?

 

[teechar]

Neither. Try:
I don't tell you what to do, so don't tell me what to do.

 

[EngLearner]

Does the continuous tense work in your example:

I'm not telling you what to do, so don't tell me what to do.

 

[teechar]

I'm not telling you what to do,

... in this instance.
Can you see why the present simple is better?

 

[EngLearner]

Can you see why the present simple is better?

Yes, I think so:

I'm not telling you what to do (now), so don't tell me what to do (now).

I don't tell you what to do (now and in other cases), so don't tell me what to do (now and in other cases).

Is my understanding correct?

 

[teechar]

Right.