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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your post just makes me anxious! I think your mil is depressed and anxious and needs friends. My parents would throw a fit if I told them they needed to visit with my mil at her house when they come to visit me. She's way too involved and interested in your lives.

If this was my mother (not mil) I would tell her flat out that she doesn't seem happy to me and that she needs to develop her own interests, activities, friends and possibly get on antidepressants. I'm able to discuss things nicely with my family. If this were my mil I'd be in the same predicament as you because dh would never say a word. [/quote]

My husband talks to her constantly about needing to find happiness outside of us. She's been a widow for 15 years, retired for 20 years, and my husband has tried to get her to date. True story: she finally let him convince her to join that match site for older people.  Literally every time a man messaged her, [b]she would tell my DH that she needs him to come help her write back[/b]. It was a disaster and my husband obviously didn't take the bait. He still encourages her to travel, find friends, boyfriends, etc, but I'm convinced she'll never find anything in this world as interesting as my husband.[/quote]

This doesn't seem that unreasonable.  If she is unused to dating and e-mail then this seems like a normal request.  I have had co-workers who've asked me to look at responses when they have first started with online dating services.  Honestly you sound too oversensitive and are seeing monsters in mirrors when they aren't even there.  [/quote]

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