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[quote=Anonymous]First poster above nailed it. I might also add that food is a "universal" topic of discussion, so they may feel safe/comfortable talking with you about it. Like, surely everyone can relate to dieting, in their mind. Telling you you eat like a bird = MIL thinks she's giving you a compliment you'll like to hear, because she likes to hear it. Accept this as their very real quirk, and try to move on. If/when you have children, make sure to try to protect them from "food noise" as much as you can. Make sure they don't think cookies are "bad," for example, they are just foods we sometimes have and we sometimes don't. You don't want kids to pick up on this complicated relationship to food if you can help it.[/quote]
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