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[quote=Anonymous]I know this is where people go to vent, but anyone out there who has a great relationship with your  MIL now that perhaps you did not have at one point in time, can you make any suggestions on how to get to that point? Long story short, we are nothing alike and while I don't have a lot of love for her---I do have a lot of love for her son. We now have young kids and I desperately want them to  have a great relationship with their paternal grandparents as well. They live far away ( 10 hour drive) so the visits are not frequent, but I would like to see them increase. The biggest problem we have had in the past few years is his parents not showing interest in our kids, me basically begging for them to come and they always have excuses ,  when they actually come his mom is very passive aggressive. They will talk non stop about his sisters kids and compare parenting styles ( for example MIL will say "oh wow you let your kids eat that" or "oh dear your youngest still needs the binky"..etc)  anyways. I know I can't change her, so just looking for suggestions of ways to develop a real relationship that doesn't seem fake. I started trying to text pictures of the kids and she never replies...ever--so not sure text is the way to go ( not very technologically advance).[/quote]

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