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[quote=Anonymous] My mother is hypercritical and my husband has a method: he's a doctor, and imagines that he's interacting with a mentally ill patient - which isn't far from the truth anyway! So he doesn't engage, doesn't explain/defend himself, changes the subject, stays calm and courteous, and walks away when he starts getting annoyed. I try to implement this too, but she really gets to me after a while. So the maximum we are able to be with my parents is 2 weeks, and we have found that location also counts. On their turf, they get antsy much quicker than in our house, or in a third location. [/quote]
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