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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not getting a sense that OP's MIL is saying anything terrible or judgmental. I think you can hear harmless, well-intentioned words through your own filter of insecurity. Unless she comes right out and criticizes you, try to stop reading negativity into everything. Give the benefit of the doubt, even if you have to pretend, that everything she says and does is well-intentioned. It makes things easier. You are who you are and you're in charge of living your own life, anyway, so it doesn't actually matter what she thinks, when you get down to it. I've recently become a MIL, and sometimes I feel afraid to ask any questions or say anything around my DIL in case I offend her or make her feel I'm judging or stepping on her toes. I really don't want to do any of those things. I love her and I'm cool with however she does things. My son is happy with her, and she brings out the best in him. I'm a bit quirky and goofy, in no way some domestic goddess, and I'd be heartbroken if I found out that any of my silly questions were making her feel bad.[/quote]
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