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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel similar with my MIL. I get really annoyed at everything she does. She says something that she should not (such as constantly labeling and comparing the kids) but no serious offense and the rational part of me knows that we all ought to gain from good family relationship and that I need to model proper behavior in front of my kids.
Yes, I feel incredible tense and unforgiving with her (noticing everything that she does "wrong")

What I try:
* count down the number of days, nothing like an end point to make things more tolerable
* get out of the house often
* remind myself that they are old, what if it was there last visit
* that I am modeling the way to treat elders for my kids
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I feel this way about my MIL too.  These are good suggestions, as is the "pretend you're being filmed" one.

Mostly I just think about the fact that she's not a happy person and try to limit the length of time that I have to spend with her.  Once we hit 3-4 hours straight, I start to lose it and can't tolerate her as much as I can at first. [/quote]

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