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[quote=Anonymous]Ugh. Just a vent about how I screwed up.  I have a mil who was (is?) an emotional vampire.  It took me many years to get our relationship to where it is now.  It took a lot of ballsy boundary drawing, standing up for myself, and minimizing any real engagement with her apart from the superficial topics. This past year has been unbelievably stellar, almost without incident.  And because of that, I let my guard down.  I engaged her.  We are about to spend a week long family trip together and now I am dreading it.

Maybe this is was a good thing.  Reminded me to be vigilant.  Because for an instant, I actually forgot the drama of past family trips.

Ughhhhh. But I'm just so mad at myself for screwing up.  She has an amazing skill of driving me crazy. One moment of weakness from me and she's already suggested where the kids and I should be sleeping at a place that dh and I rented out for all of us, and how many nights I should cook dinner (mind you I'm on vacation and I have an infant going through separation anxiety and a toddler).  And she has this habit of maniacally reassuring me about something that I am not even concerned about.  She believes she's psychic and can read people's minds. Except she's wrong most of the time. She's also jealous because dh and fil have been talking, planning the trip, so she felt left out, and so she contacted me, saying maybe the girls should talk and plan too. That's where I got tripped up.

Help me find my strength again. Please. 
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