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[quote=Anonymous]SIL just moved an hour away and wants to spend every waking moment with us - she wants to come to all the sports games, school events, have dinner with us weekly or more, wants the kids to spend the night with her once a month so “you guys can have a regular date night!” She also wants to have a say in everything including disciplining our kids (e.g. clean your plate, did you read today, don’t suck on your thumb, put away x, y, z, she has a cough, you need to get her robitussin, etc.”

I have empathy for someone who doesn’t have her own family and probably never will, but this is my and my husband’s family and we’ve managed just fine up until now (we even have a babysitter the kids adore who literally lives next door).

How can I/we kindly get her to back off? We do say no, “forget” to tell her about things, etc, but then she guilts us when she finds out about something. DH loves her and doesn’t want to make her feel bad but agrees with me that it’s become overwhelming.[/quote]

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