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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, come on. For those of us who live in the real world and don't like to alienate people, sometimes we do spend time with people we don't like just to get along. My FIL comes to mind. That's what rants on anonymous forums are for!

Feel you, OP. She sounds young or at least grasping to stay young. Can you complain/laugh about her to DH? It reduces my annoyance with FIL immeasurably to rehash everything with DH later because we get so many laughs and running jokes out of it. Fortunately, he's good humored about the whole thing (I have to remind myself sometimes not to take it too far though). Also, I find toddler treatment can work well in pretty much all areas of life, including this one. She says something dumb or eyeroll-worthy? No response from you, no attention given. She says something actually interesting? Big response, praise if possible, attention galore. I do this with my annoying cousin sometimes. Totally works.

All this to the extent you were looking for advice. If not, I love a good rant, so rant away! [/quote]

She is 32. I can very occasionally mention it to DH, but he is sensitive to my (or anyone) ragging on and complaining about his family members. If the situation were reversed, I could imagine doing the same...being defensive of my family, even when I know they have faults.

I do find myself just not acknowledging a lot of what she says. Like when she pointed out Mike's apartment, I said nothing. Still though, she's exhausting.[/quote]

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