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[quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry, OP. That’s maddening. I really don’t think you need to worry about this having any impact on how your kids view you though. They know you are bright from interacting with you every day. They also likely will have a clearer view of your in-laws foibles as they age.

My MIL was very similar when my kids were little and while I tried to rise above it, I had a few weak moments along the way. One still cracks me up. My kids did a genealogy project in 5th grade, and MIL surprised me by volunteering to work with DD on the project—she wasn’t the most helpful in general.  I was delighted to get out of this and gave DD my family’s family tree and some photos and bullet points to use for the poster board. She spent a few hours with MIL over the next couple weekends, and they wrapped it the night before it was due. When DD showed it to us, I was very surprised to see that all three of the panels were completely covered with photos of, and facts about, MIL’s family of origin. Not only was there nothing there re my family, she had included nothing for FIL’s family (she later said they ran out of room). I started laughing and said “That is just so classic Grandma Larla!” DD cracked up too, and said she’d noticed that MIL really only ever talked about herself.

MIL has gotten better about this with age. I think she eventually realized it wasn’t all a competition she needed to win. [/quote]

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