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[quote=Anonymous]This is 21:48.  My MIL brought up her plans to babysit and have overnights with our newborn regularly through the first weeks at home.  My mother said something to her initially like, "the baby is breastfeeding so she can't spend the night away from home."  A normal person would have responded acknowledging this and maybe saying when she is older I can't wait to have her for a sleepover.  My MIL responded by saying something like, "there are ways around that," and that just set me off and made me mad.  I did not say anything at that time because I did not want to sound angry.  I am a lawyer and I give people the worst news of their lives for a living so I knew I needed to be very dispassionate in my delivery.  I thought about what I wanted to say and the next time we were together, when the subject came up, I just told her off in a very matter-of-fact manner.  I did not display any anger.  My attitude was simply, this is the way it is and you can take it or leave it.  I also took her by surprise which helped so she did not have much ability to formulate a practiced comeback.  [/quote]

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