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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh! My sympathies. My MIL is also a narcissist and it's terrible. Whatever you decide, consider whether you want to broach your new strategy with your DH first. [b]Will he back you up if you stop facilitating visits to IL?[/b] I totally get the impulse to back away because that's what I would want to do too.

My MIL doesn't live close by (thx god), but when we do visit, I do the same thing as the other posts - I am present but don't talk much with her nor do I like to volunteer information. Instead I focus on the kids and kind of tune her out. If she starts bitching or being unreasonable I just get up and leave the room.

I'm sorry, she sounds like a piece of work. It's tough to navigate when DH still loves mom unconditionally (as does mine), but hopefully there's a way for you to step back a bit. Maybe DH needs to plan more of the visits with his IL, not you.

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I brought this up to him and he wasn’t very receptive, but it was all still so raw. I simply refuse to fascilitate these visits anymore, at least for the time being, especially knowing she is now playing the victim and pretend they didn’t even happen.[/quote]

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