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[quote=Anonymous]I guess with any relationship some of them we can choice and some we can't the one with my MIL I didn't choice and she is not an easy person to deal with. She's more spacey and says anything and everything that comes out of her mouth - which can be alarming and annoying. She's also not shy about offering advice or tell me how to live me life which frankly I find to be one of her worse qualities. She also compares her grandchildren to each other and openly in front of them - while they are different this could be done with tactic or not. She does not use tactic. She has the mentality that she's older, can say and do what she pleases and has no reason to listen to our comments or feedback. As a result she is hard to tolerate except in small doses. She is also a lose cannon - things can be going along ok and I wonder why I get frustrated with her and WHAM she really tosses out something hurtful at one of the kids. You pinch yourself to see if you are dreaming 'did she really just say that?'. Yup she said it. No doubt in several more years we'll find out it has to do with something medically but until that point we have had to limit the time and energy we spend on her. Each visit or trip to see her I try a different approach - let her say and do whatever without comments, bringing her to task on the things she says or does, and eventually by the end our kids end up in tears saying they never want to see her again (not to her face but to us behind doors.) There doesn't seem to be a good answer to your question, except to be patient if you can, realize the time with pass and you'll get back to your routine soon. I can't always follow this advice and that's where the bottle of wine helps out a lot![/quote]

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