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[quote=Anonymous]The relationship with my in-laws is complex. They are self-centered and living in their own world (DH's words). They love our children but want to see them when it's convenient to their schedule and give us so much grief if it doesn't work for us. We do see my parents often and they're very jealous and often make rude and unnecessary comments, so I know that is altering my opinion of them. They are constantly sending our kids gifts (after we asked them to tone it down) and then say things like "don't you love me because I sent you X" That's not how we're raising our kids. My MIL is looking for self validation through my 5 year old. She only wants to talk about the clothes or toys she sent her. When we receive these gifts, we call and say thank you and move on but she constantly brings it up. For example, my daughter showed her a sticker on her hand the other day and MIL says "well, what about the stickers I sent you, Aren't they great, don't you love them?"

My DH has accepted this is who his parents are but it drives me insane. Am I overreacting? [/quote]

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