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[quote=Anonymous]I feel very lucky to have a wonderful relationship with my MIL. She is a joyous, kind, caring and inspiring woman, and raised a happy, wonderful, loving, and devoted son in my DH. She was a great mother to him, and taught him to be a wonderful person and usband, so I am thankful for that, and her.  It helps that she is also very good at giving us space, and not imposing her beliefs on us (though we share most of them, frankly), which is a lovely and probably rare quality on her part.  She is also very patient, which is something I admire and try to learn from (her patience is double mine!).  She is AMAZINNG with our kids.  The absolute trust and adoration they have for her is profound, and so heart-touching to witness.   Are there things about her that I don't love?  Sure, but they are small, and nit-picky, and I just try to look past them as we all must do w/ our friends' and spouse's shortcomings (and they, hopefully, with ours).  We are usually able to truly enjoy each other's company, and enjoy doing things together (we both love to cook, bake, fix up our houses, socialize, etc.) but on the occasions when we spend a lot of time together (i.e. a 4 day weekend or holiday) and the uber-connectedness starts to wear, I remind myself of how lucky I am, and my kids are, that she raised my DH as he did, with his values, kindness, etc., and that she is as gracious and lovely as she is.  Can you try to reorient your focus on her good qualities, and the fact that she raised your DH? That always helps me, as it's one of the things I am most grateful for, in my MIL.[/quote]

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