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[quote=Anonymous]My mom still has resentment towards my grandmother, her MIL.  It affected my relationship with my grandma for about 3 of the 3.5 decades I've been on the planet.  My mom and I haven't been getting along really well since I've had kids and now I have a better relationship with my grandma.  I think my grandma just doesn't have the best personality but she means well.  My mom just takes everything personally and has a different personality than my grandma.  For instance, my grandma is very cheap but my mom goes into debt for gift giving.  I see both sides that my mom complains my grandma gives cheap gifts but I also see that my grandma is very financially independent in a way my mom will never be.  I just hope to be a balance between the two.

Fortunately I have a much better relationship with my own mother-in-law.  Even if it ever turns sour, I will do my best to keep and issues between us rather than dragging my kids into it.  Hearing my mom complain about things my grandma did in the 80s gets very old very quickly especially after hearing the complaints for so many years (ex: she buys me cheaper gifts than your dad and his siblings and my parents always treated us the same.  Or my mom says "he-- or high water won't change your grandma's plans."  Ok got it she is stubborn and cheap but at the end of the day she is my only living grandparent).[/quote]

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