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[quote=Anonymous]My MIL does this too. It irritates me to no end. I understand 15:35's view, but both extremes can be difficult to handle. I think the best option is to ask your mother to tone it down, but I haven't done that in my case, so I've mostly just tried to reduce the focus on the gifts that continue to pour in. The hardest part about comments like the one he made about his aunt is that you don't want to make any negative comment about your mom that could find its way back to your mom. I try not to make a big fuss about all of my MIL's presents and if he made a comment like that, I would very clearly say that presents aren't love, they're just presents. Just make sure that you don't say anything that could be repeated back and seem offensive to your MIL. In my less mature moments, I consider telling my child that my MIL just has a shopping problem and hoping that gets repeated back to her...[/quote]
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